Tab. 4200. 

 ANTHOCERCIS ilicifolia. 



Holly-leaved Anthocercis. 



Nat, Ord. Scrophularine^:. — Didynamia Angiospermia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx quinquefidus. Corolla campanulata, tubo basi coarctata, 

 staminifera ; limbo 5-partito, sequali. Stamina inelnsa, didynama cum rudimento 

 quinti. Stigma capitato-emarginatum. Capsule 2-locularis, 2-valvis, valvaruin 

 marginibus inflexis, placentae parallels insertis. Semina reticulata. — Frotices 

 glabriusculi. Folia alterna, petiolo basive attenuata cum ramo articulata, crassa, 

 nunc glanduloso-punctata. Flores axillares, subsolitarii, pedunculo minuti brac- 

 teato, ad artkulmn sapius solubili. Corolla alba vel flava, speciosa, tubo intus 

 striato, limbo quandoque 6-S-partito. Br. 



Anthocercis ilicifolia ; elata, ramis virgatis, foliis obovatis spirmloso-dentatia 

 glabris, racemis elongatis terminalibus subcompositis, corolla? laciniis line- 

 ar ibus tubum sequantibus, capsnla oblonga calycem quintuplo superante. 



Anthocercis ilicifolia. All. Cunn. in Hook. Bot. Mag. sub tab. 2961. 



A species, in colour and general habit, nearly allied to the 

 showy Anthocercis littorea ; but very distinct and remarkable for 

 its size, often six feet high, and its very long twiggy branches, 

 leafy below, terminating in elongated compound spikes of gracviu] 

 pendent yellow flowers, the inside of the widely campanulate tube 

 of which is elegantly marked with dark blood-coloured lines. It 

 was first detected at the Swan River Settlement by Mr. Eraser, 

 (no. 186, of his collection), who speaks of it as general on the 

 river banks, and afterwards sent to us by Mr. James Drummond. 

 Seeds were given to the Royal Dublin Society by G. W. Webb, 

 Esq of the Commissariat department there, and these, on being 

 reared by Mr. Moore of the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, were 

 kindly communicated to us in a fine state of flower in July 1845. 

 The plant requires a warm greenhouse in the winter; but in 

 summer, during the flowering season, a cooler place, with a plen- 

 tiful admission of air, will be the best suited to it. 



Descr. Boot perennial. Stems woody at the base, soon be- 

 coming green, glabrous, as is every part of the plant, four to six 

 feet high, copiously branched ; the brancke* le;.(V below, flonferous 



DECEMBER 1ST, 1845. 



