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Isopocon Baxtert. Mr. BAxter’s 
Isopocon. 
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Class and Order. 
Trerranpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Prorteacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium quadrifidum, tubo gracili, diutices persis- 
tente. Squame nulle hypogyne. Stylus totus deciduus. 
Stigma fusiforme vel cylindraceum. Nusx sessilis, ventri- 
cosa, undique comosa.—Frutices rigidi. Folia glabra, 
plana vel filiformia, divisa vel integerruma. Capitula termi- 
nalia, raro axillaria. Flores modo densissime imbricati ; 
strobilo globoso, modo fastigiato, receptaculo communi pla- 
niusculo subinvolucrato, paleis deciduis, congestis. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Isopocon Baxteri; foliis dilatato-cuneiformibus, fruticis 
adulti trifidis lobis incisis lacinia mucronatis, juve- 
nilis indivisis apice dentato, capitulis aggregatis, re- 
ceptaculo plano. Br. 
Isopocon Baxteri. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. Suppl. v. 1. 
p. 9. Grah. Descr. of Plants in Edin, Phil. Journ. 
for Jan., 1836. 
A handsome species, of which seeds were sent by Colonel 
Lixpesay from New Holland to the Botanic Garden, Edin- 
burgh in 1830. It was raised the following year, and flow- 
ered in the greenhouse in March and April, 1835. 
Descr. Shrub erect, the specimen described two feet 
hich. Stem round. Bark brown, densely covered with 
short, soft pubescence, mixed with longer hairs, on the 
branches red. Leaves hard, stiff, with glands on both sur- 
faces, 
