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BeaurortiA Damptert. DAMPIER’s 
BEAUFORTIA. 
SRK EEK KEKE EK EEK ER EE 
Class and Order. 
PoLYADELPHIA PoLyANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Myrracea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. tubus turbinatus, limbus 5-partitus, lobis acutis. 
Pet. 5. Staminum phalanges 5, petalis opposite. An- 
there basi inserte, apice bifida, lobis deciduis (?). Stylus 
filiformis. Capsula calycis tubo incrassato corticata, 3- 
locularis, loculis monospermis.—F rutices Australasici, ele- 
gantissimi. Folia sessilia opposita aut sparsa. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Braurortia * Dampieri ; foliis oppositis decussatis densis 
lato-ellipticis orbiculatisve obtusis trinerviis, nervis 
lateralibus obsoletis margine incrassato confluentibus, 
unguibus phalangium petalo plus duplo longioribus, 
filamentis patentibus (stam. 7—9). Allan Cunningh. 
Beaurortia Dampieri. Allan Cunningham MSS. 
Dammara ex Nova Hollandia, Sanamunde secunde Clusii- 
foliis. Woodward in Dampier’s Voy. (ed. 1729,) v. 3. 
p. 110. t. 3. f. 4. 
Descr. Apparently a dwarf shrub, with many opposite, 
or subverticillate, tortuose, and sometimes reflexed tetra- 
gonal (taken in conjunction with the leaves) branches, 
which when the leaves have fallen away are quite rough 
with prominent teeth and scars. Leaves small, coriaceous 
closely placed, beautifully quaternate, generally reflexed, 
broadly oval, approaching to orbicular, coming suddenly to 
a rather obtuse point, when dry often carinated, dark green 
above, scarcely visibly nerved, beneath pale, marked with 
glandular dots and with three prominent nerves reaching 
from the base to the point, and also a marginal nerve. 
Flowers numerous, collected in whorls below the extremity 
of a branch. Calyx oval, five-cleft. Petals small, erect, — 
oblong- 
* In honor of Mary, Duchess of BEavrort, a Patroness of Botany. 
