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POLYSPORA AXILLARIS. AXILLARY POLY- 



SPORA. 



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 Class and Order. 



MONADELPHIA PoLYANDRIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Ternstrcemiace*.) 



Generic Character 



Calyx bracteatus. Sepala 5. Petala 5 — 6. Stamina 

 numerosa basi monadelpha et cum petalis connata. Stylus 

 simplex angulatus. Stigma lobatum. Ovarium 5-loculare. 

 Ovula biseriatim inserta ex angulo centrali. Capsula ob- 

 longa, lignosa, 5-locularis, 5-valvis, polyspermy. Semina 

 imbricata superne alata. — Frutex Chinensis ; foliis obovatis 

 glabris integris v. serratis ; floribus axillaribus solitariis 

 subsessilibus. Don. 



Specific Name and Synonyms. 



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Polyspora * axillaris. 



Polyspora axillaris. Don, Diet, of Gard. and Bot. v. I. p. 



574 

 Camellia axillaris. Roxb.—Ker, Bot. Reg. t. 349. Sims 



Bot. Mag. t. 2047. 

 Gordonia anomala. Spreng. Syst. Veget. 3. p. 126. 



So little justice has been done to this extremely beautiful 

 plant, by any figure which has yet been given to it, that 

 our readers will not be displeased at seeing the present 

 representation, taken from a specimen which flowered m the 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in November, 1842. Ihe 



plant 



* So named by Sweet, apparently from *oto<, many, and <nro/w, a seed : 

 from the numerous seeds in the cells of the capsule. 



