C 3118 3119 ) 



Cephalotus follicularis. Follicled 

 Cephalotus. 



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Class and Order. 



DODECANDRIA HeXAGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Rosacea. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx coloratus 6-fidus, aestivatione valvata. Pet. o. 

 Stam. 12, perigyna : Anther arum, dorso gland uloso. Ova- 

 ria 6, distincta, rnonosperma, ovulo erecto. Styli termi- 

 nales. Br. 



Specific Name and Synonyms. 



Cephalotus * follicularis. Labill. Fl. Nov. Holl. v. 2. p. 7. 

 t. 145. Br. Rem. on Bot. of Terra Austr. p. 68. t. 4. 

 De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 591. 



Descr. Root perennial, somewhat fusiform, the upper 

 part dividing, as it were, into two or three short stems, 

 which bear a cluster of elliptical, lanceolate, petiolated, 

 entire, thickish, nerveless, purplish leaves; and amongst 

 these, but principally occupying the circumference, are 

 several beautiful and highly curious pitcher-shaped appen- 

 dages or operculated ascidia, attached by rather stout 

 petioles where the lid unites with the margin of the ascidium. 

 Their form is ovate or somewhat slipper-shaped, between 

 foliaceous and membranaceous, green tinged with purple, 

 furnished with two lateral oblique wings and one central 

 one, the latter remarkably dilated at the margin, and all 



beautifully 



* Derived from xupaXr, a head, and wt, an car ; on account of the glan- 

 dular head of the anthers. 



