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: a ‘CORIFOLIA. Corts-LEAvep 
HispermTia. E 
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Clase ‘2: Oeder 
Pouvanpria Priors, 
Gemttic Charactek. 
Cal. 5- phyllus, in fructu’ connivens. + Petal 5, decidua. 
Caps. 3—13, glomerate.. Ss 
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Specific Characber. 
Hisserria corifolia; caule friticoso: ramis diffusis con- 
fertissimis, foliis WP des sessilibus, ovariis ternis 
glabris. ‘ 
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f * a : 
Descr. Stem ibapby.Al deck ‘breehad ; branches 
diffuse, slender, flexile, red. Leaves linear, ee nat 
an inch long, alternate, matphie revolute. ‘Pé 
minal, solitary, « gt flowered, longer than the tare, th thick. si 
__ened towards the poi “tes a ht red, with a single leaf-like 
acte near the ca Calyx five leaved: leaflets oval, 
concave, villous, iised | _after _deflorescence - -con- 
nivent. Petals five, obovate, emarginate, yer like those 
_ of Cistus Helianthemum. Stamens from twelve to twenty, 
four times shorter than the petals, unequally united at the 
_ divaricate, incurved, green. 
 . he flowers very much resemble tibet of the dwarf 
_ Cistus, and it has been considered as an undescribed species — 
- of that genus. From its three divaricate styles, and the 
resemblance of its foliage to that of Hypericum Coris, we 
_ Were at first inclined to consider it as a species of St. John’s 
_ Wort; but a short conversation with our friend Mr. Rosert 
Brown convinced us that it was a true Hipsertia, a genus 
as the Cisrus does in Europe. : nn = 
; | ——-Hiwpertia 
base: Anthers oblong. Ovaries three, oval, smooth : styles se ‘ 
_ Which, in New Holland, seems to occupy the same station os 
