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WestrRINGIA Dampteri. DAMPIER’S 
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Class and Order. 
Dianpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Laszir. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. semiquinquefidus, 5-gonus. Corolle labium supe- 
rius planum, bifidum : inferius tripartitum, equale. Sta- 
mina 4, distantia: duo superiora antheris polliniferis, di- 
midiatis: inferiora antheris bipartitis, cassis.—Frutices 
eglandulosi, sepius tomentost (Rosmarini facie). Folia ver- 
ticillata, integerrima. Flores axillares, solitarii, bibracteatt, 
albi, purpureo nunc punctati. Br. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
WesrrineiA Dampieri; foliis quaternis linearibus margine 
revolutis, adultis supra glabriusculis subtus calycibus- 
que cinereis opacis, dentibus tubo dimidio breviori- 
bus. Br. 
Wesrrineia Dampieri. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. v. 1. p. 
301. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 3. p. 573. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 712. 
This is even a more desirable species than the subject of 
our last plate for cultivation in the greenhouse, and very 
distinct from it ; being, indeed, more allied to the original 
species of Sir James Smiru, from Port Jackson, W. ros- 
marinifolia. It is indigenous to the sandy shores of King 
George’s Sound, and has been an inhabitant of Kew Gardens, 
whence our specimens were derived, ever since the year 
1803. It flowers in October. | 
Descr. A low shrub, with glabrous, brown, rounded, 
generally opposite branches. Leaves in whorls of four, 
linear, 
