Tab. 3. 
Andersoniane. 
RAPHIOLEPIS RUBRA. 
Nar. Orv. Rosacew. Sect. 1. Pomacee, Juss. Linn. Syst. Icosandria Digynia. 
RAPHIOLEPIS, Lindl. Calyx infundibularis, 5-dentatus, deciduus. Filamenta filiformia. Ovarium 2-loculare. 
‘ . . e ‘ or . "AC ; +7 Vas i 
Pomum disco incrassato clausum, endocarpio chartaceo. Semina 2, gibbosa. Testa coriacea crassissima. ru 
f : e e e e Y a ‘) s , 2 hd 7) 4 iy) «= 
tices (Chine). Folia sempervirentia, crenulata, coriacea, reticulata. Racemi terminales, sepe bracteis persisten 
fibus squamosi. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 6. 468. 
Raphiolepis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis utrinque acuminatis, petalis lanceolatis, staminibus rectis calyce brevioribus. hk . 
Crategus rubra. Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 320 ? 
Descr. Rami teretes, graciles; juniores pilosi. Folia alterna, ovato-lanceolata, utrinque acuminata, petiolata, persistentia, 
serrata, glaberrima; adulta coriacea. Stipule subulate. acemi terminales, recti, thyrsoidei, pilosi, bracteis subulatis, deci- 
duis squamulosi. ores albi. Calyx inferus, pilosus, 5-dentatus ; dentibus subulatis et limbo deciduis. Petala lanceolata, 
patentia, concava, dentibus calycinis longiora. Stamina 20, pallidé rubra, erecta, dentibus calycinis breviora, alternatim minora, 
calycis limbo infra dentes inserta, et cum eo decidua. Anthere lutew, ovate. Ovarium inferum, 2-loculare ; loculis dispermis. 
Styli 2 ad basin connati, filiformes, staminibus pauld longiores. Stigmata simplicia. Fructus (speciei alterius ?) carnosus, 
pisiformis, purpureus, disco persistente coronatus, unilocularis, dispermus, endocarpio coriaceo. Semina hine plana, indé con- 
vexa, erecta, test crassa coriacea. 
CERIO RT ee 
In a dissertation on the Ist section of Jussieu’s Rosacrx, about to be published in the Transactions of the Lin- 
nean Society, we have endeavoured to apply to practice the too much neglected golden rule of Linneus, that cha- 
racters should be derived from the genus, and not the genus from a set of arbitrary characters. Pursuing this prin- 
ciple, we have separated from the assemblage of plants comprehended under the title of Crategus by Linneus, and 
of Mespilus by Sir James Edward Smith, certain species very unlike the portion of Crategus from which our ideas 
of that genus ought to be derived. Among others, we have established the genus Raphiolepis upon the Crategus 
wndica of Linneus ; a name which seems to have been since applied to several plants sufficiently different from 
each other to be considered distinct species, and not agreeing among themselves in characters more than the species 
of a natural genus are expected to do. 
What the precise plant may have been which Linneus intended by C. indica, it is not now perhaps very easy to 
determine. Loureiro, who first distinguished two species, ascribes to his C. indica roundish petals, and to his C. rubra 
lanceolate petals. Of the former there are specimens in Sir J oseph Banks’s herbarium, brought from Macao by 
Mr. Henry Bradley ; but, we believe, not in the gardens of this country. The plant we have now before us, we have 
little hesitation in considering the latter. At least, we are persuaded that Loureiro had either this plant in view, or 
a nearly related species, which we shall presently have occasion to notice. 
Our figure is taken from a plant which flowered in the Physic garden at Chelsea, under the manacement of 
Mr. Anderson. There is a specimen of it in the Banksian herbarium, brought from China by Bladh. ; 
Besides this, we believe there are several plants in the collections about London, which will constitute as many 
distinct species. Among them may certainly be included a shrub imported from China by the Horticultural Society 
and published provisionally as Crategus indica, with a very good figure, by our friend Mr. Ker, in the Botanical Re 
gister. This plant, which we propose to name Raphiolepis pheostemon, differs from the R.rubra in having spreading 
os Hoe ee aS ae ee leaves. In the same interesting collection, from which R. hes 
3 paned, pecies with long willow-like leaves, which may be distinguished by the 
name of R. salicifolia. | : 
Ons figure of the fruit was obtained some time since from a specimen in the Banksian herbarium ; but from what 
particular species it was taken, we neglected at the time to remark. 
In our gardens the plants of this genus never rise above the stature of little shrubs. 
large trees ; and tells us that the wood of his C. indica, on account of its 
spars, in which strength and elasticity are required. 
Loureiro describes them as 
toughness, is manufactured into oars or 
EXPLANATION OF THE Pate. 
1. Flower. 2. The same deprived of petals. The same divided vertically, showing the insertion of Stamens and 
s an 
os 
ee Seon is fruity the Calyx having fallen off. 5. Stigma and part of Style. 6. Ovarium divided transversely. 7, Anth 
sely. 7. Anthers. 
S. Fruit, natural size. 9. The same macnified. 10 Secti 
{ : ® ° on of the ES . A 
patie Meets, 5 same. 11. Seed. 12, Abortiye seed, showing the nature 
