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Eriostemon buxifolium. Box-leaved 

 Eriostemon. 



Class and Order. 

 Decandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Rutaceje. ) 



Generic Character. 



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

 hispidis ciliatis aut nudis, antheris terminalibus. Stylus 

 1, brevissimus. Carpella 5 basi coalita. Semina in loculis 

 2 aut abortu solitaria. Embryo subcurvatus, radicula 

 longa. — Frutices vel Arbores, joliis alternis simplicibus. 

 jloribus axillaribus. De Cand. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Eriostemon buxifolium ; foliis patentibus subreflexis ovatis 

 obtusis cum mucrone sessilibus, floribus axillaribus 

 solitariis brevi-pedunculatis, pedunculo infra medium 

 3-bracteato, calycis brevis lobis 5 acutis, petalis 

 oblongo-ovatis, filamentis pilosis. 



Eriostemon buxifolium. Sm. in Rees' Cycl. De Cand. 

 Prodr. I. p. 720. 



An extremely handsome shrub, native of New Holland, 

 bearing its large, showy flowers early in the spring, when 

 so many other Australian plants are in perfection; it 

 deserves a place in every greenhouse. 



Descr. A moderately-sized shrub, with young branches 

 green and terete, leafy. Leaves a good deal resembling 

 those of the Box and about the same size, oval or obovate, 

 dark green, obtuse, but tipped with a soft mucro at the 

 apex. Peduncles short, axillary, single-flowered, with 

 three bracteas in a whorl below the middle. Calyx short, 



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