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BlLLARDIERA MUTABILIS. CHANGEABLE- 



FLOVVERED BlLLARDIERA. 



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Oafs and Order, 



PfiNTANDRIJV MoNOGYNIA, 



Generic Character. 



Petala 5, foliolis calycinis akerna. Filament a receptaculo 

 inferta. Stigma capitatum. Baccatwpera,, bilocularis, polyfperma. 



Specific Cbaracler and Synonym, 



BlLLARDIERA mutabilis ; foliis lanceolato-linearibus, pe- 

 dunculis folitariis unifloris glabris, fru&u 

 lacvi. 



BlLLARDIERA (mutabilis) foliorum laminis lineari-lanceo- 

 latis : floribus faepius folitariis : petalis 

 demum purpureis rubrifque ; pericarpio 

 fufiformi, laevi. Saltjb. Farad. Lond. 48. 



This fpecies is even rather more of a climber than Billar- 

 dier a fcandens (vide N m - 801 J. It is in every ftage of its 

 growth diftinguifhed by its narrower and fmoother leaves, 

 which arc however clothed with a fhort pubefcence, fcarcely 

 vifible to the naked eye ; when in flower, the changeablenefs 

 of the corolla, which is at firft of a pale greenifh yellow and 

 fades to a reddifh purple, affords a ftriking diftinclion. We 

 have not obferved the fruit to differ materially in fhape from 

 that of fcandens, but it is fmootb, and not villous, as in that. 



The young moots are hairy, but the peduncles appear to us 

 to be always fmooth. 



In our account of Billardi era fcandens, in explanation of 

 fome dilagreement between our figure and that given in Dr. 

 Smith's Specimen of New-Holland Botany, we inadvertently 

 attributed it to the latter being probably taken from a dried 

 fpecimen, without recollecting that, in the preface to that work, 

 Dr. Smith had aflured us, that the drawings were all made 

 from living plants ; the difference mult confequently have 

 anfen from fome other fource. 



Billardiera mutabilis is an elegant little climbing fhrub, 

 flowering and fruiting through all the fummer months. It is 

 a native of New South- Wales ; is eafily propagated by cuttings, 

 or by feeds, which are frequently perfected with us. 



Communicated by MefTrs. Loddiges and Sons. 



