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BLACKWELL/J* Padifldra. 

 Bird-Cher ry-flowered Black welh*«. 



DODECANDRIA PENTAGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Homaline^. 



BLACKWELLIA Juss. — Cubjx tubo turbinato ovario accreto, limbo 

 5-15-partito, laciniis basi v, medio glanduliferis. Petala laciniis calycinis 

 alterna, minora, eglandulosa. Stamina e tubo calycis, petalis opposita. 

 Ovarium superne conicum. Styli 3-5. Capsula 1-locularis, polyspevma. 



Semiiia parietalia. Arhusculce Indicse aut Mauritianse, foliis ovatis 



dentatis, racemis simplicibus paniculatisve. 



B. Vadiflora ; foliis ovalibus denticulatis glabris, floribus hexandris tetra- 



stylis, racemis erectis foliis brevioribus. 



Frutex erectus, ramosus, ramis teretibus, cinereis, novellis tomentosis. 

 Folia plana, ovalia, obtusa, v. acuta, denticula'ta, glabra, costu subtus 

 tomentosd ; stipulse deciduce. Racemi axillares, erecti, folio breviores. 

 Calyx turbinatus, pilosus, limbo 6-Jido, laciniis ad basin glandulosis. 

 Petala 6, ciliafa, paulb majora. Stamina 6, petalis opposita. Ovarium 

 tiniloculare, semisuperum, placentis quatuor parietalibus ; styli 4, glabri, 

 ad basin pilosi. 



A native of China, whence it was sent to the Horticul- 

 tural Society by John Reeves, Esq. Our drawing was 

 made in the Chiswick Garden last August. 



A hardy greenhouse plant, growing well in the open 

 border during the summer ; very handsome when in flower, 

 and increasing freely by cuttings. The blossoms in a mass 

 have the appearance of those of the Bird Cherry; examined 

 singly, they resemble nothing so much as an elaborately- 

 finished shuttlecock. 



* Named after Mrs. Elizabeth Blackwell, the authoress of a Herbal, 

 containing figures of a few hundred plants drawn and engraved by herself. 

 The work appeared in 1735. 



