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WESTRINGIA CINEREA. ASH-COLOURED 
WESTRINGIA. . 
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Gliese and Order. 
DianpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.— Lasrara. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. semiquinquefidus, 5-gonus. Corolle labium supe- 
rius planum, bifidum: inferius tripartitum, equale. Sta- 
mina 4, distantia : duo superiora antheris polliniferis, dimi-— 
diatis : inferiora antheris bipartitis, cassis —Frutices eglan- 
dulosi, sepius tomentosi (Rosmarini facie). Folia verticilata, 
integerrima. Flores axillares, solitarii, bibracteati, albi, 
purpureo nunc punctatit. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Westrinei cinerea ; foliis ternis linearibus patentibus mu- 
cronatis margine revolutis, adultis utrinque calycibus- 
que cinereis, dentibus tubo 4—6-ies brevioribus. Br. 
Wesrrineia cinerea. Br. Prodr. v. 1. p. 301. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 712. 
Wesrrinera (named by Sir J. E. Smrra in compliment to 
a Swedish Botanist, author of an ingenious work on the 
dyeing properties of Lichens,) is exclusively a New Holland 
Genus, having a good deal the habit_of the Rosemary, of 
which eight species were collected and described by Mr. 
Brown, two of them natives of Port Jackson, one of the 
tropical shores of New Holland, and two of Van Diemen’s 
Land. Most of them, therefore, require the protection of a 
greenhouse, heath soil, and a very moderate supply of 
water. 
The present species is a very desirable one for cultiva- 
tion, and was discovered by Mr. Brown on the south ~~ 
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