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PLAGIANTHUS? sIDOIDES. SIDA-LIKE 
PLAGIANTHUS. 
Class and Order. 
Monapvetpuia Decanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Evurnorpiacez? Bompacen. D C. ) 
Generic Character. 
Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx subhemispheericus, 5-den- 
tatus. Petala 5, ovalia, basi cum tubo staminum unita. 
Stamina 10—12; filamenta in tubum cylindraceum unita. 
_ Pistillum solitarium. Germen ovatum uni- bi-ovulatum, 
ovulis suspensis. Stylus crassiusculus. Stigma magnum, 
bilobum, hine decurrens, papillosum. Capsula subdru- 
pacea, mono-dicocca, apiculata, indehiscens? Cocculi 
Monospermi. Semen pendens. Albumen carnosum. Em- 
bryo immersus, curvatus: Radicula cylindracea, ad hilum 
Seminis.versa : Cotyledones majuscule, plane, subfoliacee, 
longitudinaliter undulate.—Frutex parvus, virgatus. Folia 
linearia, fasciculata, 3-nervia. Flores subsolitarii, parvi, 
breviter pedunculati, flavescentes. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Piaciantuus? sidoides ; foliis sparsis lanceolatis serratis 
rugosis subtus cano-pubescentibus, floribus glomeratis. 
("ene 
A shrub of no great beauty ; with the habit of some of 
the Australian Sipas, but with a structure of the flower en- 
rely that of the New Zealand Pxaaiantuus, so that not- 
withstanding a considerable difference in habit, I dare not, 
without a knowledge of the fruit, separate it from that 
Genus. It is a native of Van Diemen’s Land ; and seeds 
Were sent from thence to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, by 
the late Mr. Lawrence ; and it produced its small and un- 
obtrusive flowers in the Greenhouse, in September, Pe 
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