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ACROPHYLLUM VERTICILLATUM. WHORL- 

 LEAVED ACROPHYLLUM. 



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Class and Order. 

 Decandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Cunoniace^. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx 5-partitus, persistens. Petala 5. Stamina 10. 

 Discus hypogynus minimus. Styli setacei. Capsula g!o- 

 bosa, biiocularis, apice dehiscens ; loculis polyspermis. 

 Se??iina mmuia, lsevia. — Frutex Australasicus erectus, ramo- 

 sus, sempervirens. Folia simplicia, terna, subscssilia, ob- 

 longo-cordata, acuta, grosse serrata, coriacea, glabra, sub- 

 tus glauca. Stipulae paleacece, per sistentes* F lores parvi, 

 albi, copiosi, verticillati, pedicellati. Capsula membranacea, 

 apice hians,fera Heucherae. Don. 



Specific Name and Synonyms. 



Acrophyllum* verticillatum. 



Acrophyllum venosum. Benth. 



Calycomis verticillata. Don in Ed. New Phil. Journal, v. 



9. p. 93. 

 Calycomis. Br. 



My first knowledge of this plant was derived from speci- 

 mens, gathered upon the Blue Mountains of New Holland 

 by Mr. Allan Cunningham, who transmitted them to Eng- 

 land under the name of " Weinmannia ;" a Genus to 

 which it is, doubtless, nearly allied. In 1830, in the work 



above 



* I presume thus named by Mr. Bentham, from axpj, the summit and 

 <pKtoo», leaf: from the circumstance of the leaves growing at the apex of the 

 branches, above the whorls of flowers. 



