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ERIOSTEMON MYOPOROIDES. CusPIDATE 
ER10OSTEMON. 
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Class and Order. 
Decanpria Monoeynia. 
q ( Nat. Ord.—Ruracea. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus. Pet. 5. Stam. 10, filam. hispidis ciliatis 
_ aut nudis, antheris terminalibus. Stylus 1 brevissimus. 
_ Carpella 5 basi coalita. Semina in loculis 2 aut abortu soli- 
_ taria. Embryo subcurvatus, radicula longa. DC, 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Ertosremon * myoporoides ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis glau- 
: cescentibus mucronatis subtus precipue glanduloso- 
punctatis, racemis umbellatis 4—5-floris axillaribus 
terminalibusque, calycibus petalisque glabris, fila- 
mentis ciliatis. 
Ertosremon myoporoides. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 720. 
Eriosremon cuspidatum. Cunningham in Field’s N. S. 
Wales, p. 331. 
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Descr. A robust, strong growing shrub, with numerous 
_ branches, soon covered with glandular, or rather, resinous 
_ Warts. Leaves two to three inches or more long, sessile, 
_-‘Tigid, subcoriaceous, linear-lanceolate, dotted with glands, 
Which are larger and evident to the naked eye beneath, 
_ Costate, entire, tipped with a short, often curved mucro. 
cemes axillary, shorter than the leaves, umbellate, of 
im three to five moderately large white flowers. epee 
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* ‘por, wool, and ortuor, & stamen: so called from the hairy or fringed 
ents to the stamens. 
