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PETROPHILA ACICULARIS. N&EDLE-LEAVED 
PETROPHILA. 
Class and Order. 
TerranprRiA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Prorteacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium quadrifidum, totum simul deciduum. Sgua-— 
me nulle hypogyne. Stylus basi persistente. Stigma 
fusiforme, apice attenuato. Strobilus ovatus. Nux lenti- 
cularis, hine comosa vel Samara basi barbata.—Frutices _ 
rigidi. Folia glabra, varia, filiformia v. plana, indivisa, 
lobata v. pinnatifida, quandoque in eodem frutice diversi- 
formia. Amenta ovata, vel oblonga, terminalia et axillaria, 
nunc aggregata. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Perropuita* acicularis ; foliis filiformibus supra obsolete 
sulcatis, squamis strobili nervosis ovatis. 
Perropuita acicularis. Br. in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 10. 
p. 69. Ibid. Prodr. Fl. Now. Holland, p. 364. Roem. et 
Schult. v. 3. p.338. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 459. 
This plant was raised at the Botanic Garden of Edinburgh 
from seed, having been communicated from King George’s 
Sound, New Holland, by Col. Linpesay in 1830, under the 
name of Perropuita filifolia, and specimens flowered in the 
greenhouse both last year and this, in April. 
Descr. Shrub erect ; branches erect, glabrous, yellowish- 
green. Leaves (three to six inches long) filiform, obscurely 
furrowed 
* From mstpoc, a stone, or rock, and QsAeo, to love: from the species in- 
habiting rocky or stony places, 
