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RAPIIIOLEPIS^^ rubra. 

 Red Rdphinlephs. 



ICOSANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. PoMACEit Juss. {Introduction to the natural ayslcin oj 

 Botany, p. 83.) 



KAPHIOLEPIS.—Supu), vol. G. fol. 4G8. 



R. rubra ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis serratis basi angustatis integris, jjctalis. 



lanceolatis, stamiiiibus rectis calyce brevioribus. 

 R. rubra. Collect, hot. t. 3. Dc Cand. prodr. 2. p. 630. 



An evergreen shrub, native of China, from which it is 

 very often imported. In the southern parts of England, or 

 even near London, upon a well-protected wall, it will bear 

 the rigour of our winters ; but it is better adapted to the 

 conservatory, in which it forms rather an ornamental bush. 



Our drawing was made in the nursery of Mr. Tate, in 

 August last. 



R. rubra is distinguished from the two other species 

 figured in this work, by the form of its leaves, and the short- 

 ness of its erect stamens : the true Cratasgus indica, with 

 roundish petals, is still a desideratum. 



We may take this opportunity of remarking, that the 

 testa, described and figured in ColU'Ctam'a Butanica, does 

 not represent the natural state of that organ in Raphiolepis. 

 The seeds were destitute of nucleus, and the testa had 

 acquired a fungous appearance, which we erroneously suj)- 

 posed peculiar to the genus. But, from perfect fruit which 



' From foiipiot, an awl, and Ai^r/?, a scale; in allusion to the subulate 

 l»racteue and stipuluu. 



