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Bossit4#A TENUICAULIS. SLENDER-STEMMED 
Bossi@a. 
SRK KEE EEE EEE EE 
Class and Order. 
DiApDELPHIA DecanpRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Leeuminos2#. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx bilabiatus, labio superiore majore semibifido ob- 
tuso. Stamina omnia connexa. Legumen plano-compres- 
sum pedicellatum polyspermum, margine utroque incras- 
satum. Semina strophiolata—Frutices Australasict. Rami 
sepe compressi. Folia nulla aut simplicia alterna. Flores 
flavi, carina sepe purpurea aut fusca. D C. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Bossima * tenuicaulis ; ramis teretibus diffusis filiformibus 
foliisque ovatis subacutis rigidis mucronulatis adpresse 
pubescentibus. Graham in Ed. N. Phil. Journ. June, 
1840. 
This plant was raised at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 
from Van Diemen’s Land seeds, sent by Mr. Cooper, gar- 
dener at Wentworth House, in April, 1836, and produced 
its rich and lively blossoms for the first time, in the green- 
house, in March, 1840. It seems to flower abundantly. 
Descr. Shrub procumbent ; branches long, slender, strag- 
gling, round, leafy. Leaves subsessile, ovate, subacute, 
mucronulate, dark green above, paler below, rigid, denticu- 
late and recurved in their edges, having adpressed pubes- 
cence 
_* So named by VENTENAT in memory of M. BorsstEv-LAMARTIN- 
1£RE, who perished with the unfortunate La PEYROUSE, in his voyage 
round the world. 
