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PERNETTIA ANGUSTIFOLIA. NARROW-LEAVED 
PERNETTIA. 
KKK KEE EEE EEE EE EEE 
Class and Order. 
DecanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Enricine#. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla hypogyna, ovata, limbo 5-fido. 
Stamina 10, ime corolle inserta, inclusa. Filamenta sub- 
ulata. Anthere dorso mutice, apice bifida, lobis biaris- 
tatis. Sguamule hypogyne 10, basi connate. Ovartum 
5-loculare, loculis multiovulatis. Stylus simplex. Stigma 
obtusum. Bacca globosa, 5-locularis, placentis angulo 
centrali adnatis. Semina plurima, testa crassa.—Frutices 
parvi sempervirentes. Folia alterna serrata. Flores nu- 
tantes, precipue albi. Endl. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Pernertia angustifolia; erecta ramosa, ramulis minutis- 
sime puberulis angulatis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis, mu- 
cronato-acuminatis remote serratis glabris 1-nerviis, 
pedicellis axillaribus solitariis unifloris folio dimidio 
brevioribus glabriusculis nudis, basi ima tantum brac- 
teolatis. Lindley. 
Pernerria angustifolia. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. Ann. 1840. 
t. 63. 
We received this plant at the Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 
from Mr. Cameron of the Botanic Garden at Birmingham, 
who has a greater number of the species of this Genus than 
would be found in any other collection, were it not for the 
liberality of the establishment which he superintends. It 
has repeatedly flowered freely with us without any a 
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