Tas. 8089. 
BORONTA Fastiarata. 
Western Australia. 
Rutacea. Tribe Boroniem. 
Boronia, Sm..; Benth, et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 291. 
Boronia fastigiata, Baril. in Pl. Preiss. vol.i. p. 167; Regel, Gartenfl. 1857, 
p- 147; Benth. Fl. Ausir. vol. i. p. 326; a speciebus ceteris sectionis 
Pedunculate foliis parvis obovatis distincta. 
Frutex erectus, usque 6 ped. altus, superne fastigiato-ramosus. Folia sessilia, 
obovata, 3-6 lin. longa, 14-3 lin. lata, apice rotundata vel apiculata, 
rarius paullo retusa, basi obtuse cuneata vel rotundata, minute denticu- 
lata vel subintegra, glabra. Cymz corymbose, pluriflore; pedicelli sub- 
angulati, superne incrassati, circa } poll. longi. Sepala late ovata, 
breviter acutiuscule acuminata, circa 2 lin. longa, 1-14 lin. lata, intus 
minute pubescentia. -Petala imbricata, obtuse rhomboidea, 3 lin. longa, 
23 lin. lata, rosea, stria dorsali purpurea. Stamina subconformia, epi- 
sepala paullo majora; filamenta applanata, ad apicem sensim angustata, 
circa 1 lin. longa, longe patenter ciliata, superne dorso glandulifera, ultra 
insertionem anthers breviter producta; anther oblongw, mutics, }-3 
lin. longee. Ovaria ultra } lin. longa, stylis propriis brevissimis, stylo 
communi circa 3 lin. longo, apice paullo incrassato. Cocci truncati, 
elevato-punctati.—B. hypericifolua, Hort. ex Regel, Gartenfl. 1857, p. 152. 
Boronia fastigiata is a charming greenhouse plant, which 
has been in cultivation for at least half a century, but has 
not hitherto been adequately figured. Planted out in a 
bed in the Temperate House, it has formed a bush six feet 
high and four feet through, which was covered with 
flowers in April, 1905. It was grown at Kew fifteen years 
ago under the name Boronia polygalifolia, and the plant 
from which our figure is taken was raised from seed 
received from the Sydney Botanic Gardens in 1899 
under the same name. The two species are, however, not 
very nearly related. 
An interesting morphological character of Boronia is 
that the four ovaries are free from each other, though the 
styles are united for the greater part of their length. It 
recalls in this respect the structure of Asclepiadacex, 
where the two carpels are, however, united only at the 
apex of the styles. 
Descr.—An erect, fastigiately branched bush, six feet high 
or less. Leaves sessile, obovate, one-quarter to half an inch 
long, one-eighth to one-quarter of an inch broad, rounded 
Aveust Ist, 1906. 
