( 1830 ) 



Myoporum debile. Procumbent 

 Myoporum. 



Class and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. tubo brevi ; limbo 5-fido, subaequali. 

 Stigma obtusum, Drupa baccata, 2 — 4-locularis. Semina 

 1 — 2, pendula. Brown. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Myoporum debile ; foliis lanceolatis apice dentatis, drupis 

 compressiusculis calyce brevioribus, pedunculis solitariis, 

 caule prostrato. Brown Prodr. 516. Hort. Kew. ed. 

 alt. 4. p. 60. 



Pogonia debilis. Bot. Repos. 212. 



Myoporum debile is a small greenhouse shrub with pro- 

 cumbent branches. It is not a plant of much show, but 

 it flowers most part of the summer, and its lively blossoms, 

 and purple stems studded with glandular tubercles, make a 

 pleasing variety ; and it takes up but little room. In a 

 cultivated state the leaves are frequently quite entire, but 

 in native specimens are generally more or less toothed to- 

 wards the point. 



Native of New South-Wales. Propagated by cuttings. 

 Communicated by Messrs. Lqddiges and Sons. 



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