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BlLLARDIERA LONGIFLORA^ BLUE-BERRIED 

 BlLLARDIERA. 



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Clafs and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Charatler. 

 Petala 5, foliolis calycinis alterna. Stigma fimplex. Bacca 

 fupera, polyfperma. 



Specific Charatler and Synonym. 



BlLLARDIERA longiflora; corollis cylindricis, baccis fub- 



globofis torulofis glabris. 

 BlLLARDIERA longiflora ; pedunculis folitariis, unifloris ; 



foliis laevibus ; petalis longiflimis margine introflexis. Labill. 



Nov. Holt. 1. p. 64. tab. 89. 



This is the third fpecies of Billardiera already figured 

 in this work (vid. No. 801 and 1313); and is, in our opinion, 

 the moft defirable of the three, being a freer grower, having 

 foliage of a livelier green, and long pendulous flowers fucceeded 

 by bright blue berries. 



The fruit of thefe plants appears to us to afford the bed fpe- 

 cific characters; mfcandens the berries are oblong and downy ; 

 in mutabilis nearly of the fame fhape and quite fmooth ; in 

 longiflora altogether different, both in fhape and colour, being 

 nearly globular, grooved, and, when ripe, of a fine violet-blue; 

 in fuflformis, which we have not yet feen, tapering toward the 

 point and downy. 



Thefe fhrubs are all of them climbers, but unfortunately the 

 one which has exclufively the name olfcandens or climbing is the 

 lead fo of any of them, frequently remaining a humble plant, 

 and fhewing but little difpofition to twine ; whilft our prefent 

 fpecies catches hold of every thing within its reach. We have 

 here another example of the inconvenience of naming a newly 

 difcovered plant from any quality it may chance to poffefs, how- 

 ever excellent fuch names may be when all the fpecies of a genus 

 are known, as this very property may be ftill more remarkable in 

 fevcral other undifcovered fpecies. Native of Van Dicmcn's- 

 Ifland. Plants raifed from feeds ripened in this country will 

 moft probably be eafily naturalized to our climate. Introduced 

 by Meffrs. Loddiges and Sons. Flowers from July to Auguft, 

 and ripens its fruit in the latter month and September. Propagated 

 by cuttings, and by feed. 



