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CARGILLIA AUSTRALIS. SOUTHERN 
CARGILLIA. 
BEEK EEE EEK KEK KEE EEE 
Class and Order. 
OctanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.— Esenacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Flores polygami. Cal. semiquadrifidus. Corolla limbo 
quadrifido. Masc. Stam. basi corolle inserta, (nunc hy- 
pogyne ?) ejusdem laciniis dupla. Filamenta duplicata. 
Rudimentum pistilliHermarur.—Fam. Stamina effeta, 
pauciora. Ovariwm 4-loculare, loculis dispermis. Bacca 
globosa, calyce appresso cupuleformi infra cincto. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Careiiuia * australis ; foliis oblongis glabris apice obtusis 
basi acutis subtus pallidis, calycibus masculis 4-fidis 
tubo corolla zqualibus, stylo indiviso. Br. 
Careinuia australis. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. p. 327. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. t. 204. 
Descr. A much branching shrub ; the branches alter- 
nate, rounded, glabrous. Leaves alternate, somewhat dis- 
tichous, coriaceous, shortly petiolated, oblong, obtuse at 
the extremity, acute at the base, glabrous on both sides, 
dark green above, pale and yellow green beneath, ob- 
scurely veined, the margin quite entire ; petiole very short, 
rounded. Flowers distinctly four-sided (both calyx and 
corolla), collected into dense clusters or heads on — 
short, 
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* Named by Mr. Brown, in memory of JamEs CaRGILL, a Physician of 
Aberdeen, and a contemporary of CaspAR BavHIN, who described with 
considerable care some Scottish Alge, in the Theatrum Botanicum. 
