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Ba&ckKEA virgata. Twicey B&ckra. 
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Class and Order. 
Penranpria (Ocranpria. Swrri.) Moxoaynta. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. infundibuliformis, 5-dentatus. Cor. 5-petala. Caps. 
3—s. 4-locularis, polysperma, calyce tecta. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Bxcxe virgata ; foliis lineari-lanceolatis pellucido-punctatis, 
pedunculis axillaribus umbelliferis. Bot. Repos. 598. ~ 
Bacxea virgata.- Hort. Kew. Epit. 
LeprosPpermum virgatum; foliis oppositis lineari-lanceolatis. . 
Forst. Gen. p. 48. Sweet Hort. suburban. p. 81. ' 
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Descr. Leaves opposite, crowded, linear-lanceolate ; faintly 
three-nerved, dotted with pellucid glands. Peduncles axillary, 
bearing a few-flowered umbel. Calyx superior, 5-toothed, 
teeth distant, coloured. Cor. 5-petalled: petals roundish, 
with a long narrow claw: Stamens from five to ten, shorter 
than the claw of the petal, inserted at the base of the calycine 
teeth. Fiye or ten appears to us the natural number, 
but in the flowers we examined, the number was generally 
five ; sometimes six, being two stamens to one of the calycine 
teeth, and only one to the other four. Our specimen flowered 
in the middle of December; perhaps in a warmer season 
there would have been two stamens to each of the teeth. 
Filaments short, incurved, terminated with a gland, which 
Sives to the anthers the appearance of being 3-lobed ; but as 
the gland soon dries up, to observe this the examination must 
made before the flower is expanded. The Germen is at 
. concave at the crown, but afterwards becomes flat and 
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Bacxea, Leprospérmum, and Fasricia, are very nearly 
allied, and all belong to the natural order of Myrti: Indeed, 
oe except 
