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LISSANTHE* sapida. 

 The Aust7'alian Cranberfy. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Epacride^. 



LISSANTHE R. Brown. — Calyx bibracteatus v. ebracteatiis. Corolla 

 infundibuliformis limbo itnberbi. Ovarium .S-loculare. Drupa baccata, 



putamine osseo solido. Fruticuli erecti. Folia sparsa, subtus lineata. 



Flores inter minores, albi. Discus hypogymis, cyathiformis, 5-lohus. — 

 R. Brown prodr. 540. 



L, sapida ; racemis 2-3-florIs recurvis, foliis oblongo-linearibus mucronatis 



margine revolutis; subtias dealbatis striatis. R. Br. I. c. 

 The Australian Cranberry. Library of entertaining knowledge, vol. 2. 

 p. 421. 



Rami murini, teretes. Folia conferta, uncialia, glaberrima, coriacea, 

 linearia, utrinque acuta, subtus albida, superficie stomatibus minutis den- 

 sissime tectd, venis parallelis stratum inferius parenchymatis tantum percur- 

 rentibus. Racemi recurvi, 3-Jfori. Pedicelli breves, basi bracteolis 4, duris, 

 decussantihus muniti. Calyx 5-phyllus, sepalisparvis, ovatis, duris, pallidis, 

 rcseo marginatis, imbricatis. Corolla hypogyna, campanulata, medio paulb 

 constricta, facile in petalis quinque separabilis, monopetala tajnen, tubo 

 intiis lined transversd barbaid in tnedio. Stamina 5, ad sinus corollce sub- 

 sessilia, filamentis corollce adnatis ad annulum barbafum usque. Antherse 

 uniloculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes, ad apicem crassiores. Ovarium 

 disco cyathiformi cinctum. Stylus leviter pilosus. 



This is a handsome greenhouse shrub, native of New 

 Holland, in the vicinity of Port Jackson, flowering in this 

 country in the winter months. The specimen here figured 

 was communicated by Mr. Mackay, of the Clapton Nur- 

 sery, in December 1828. 



The fruit is a succulent drupe, and is mentioned in 

 the Library of Entertaining Knowledge, under the name of 



* From Xi<7(7o<;, smooth, and «v3^«f, a flower; in allusion to the polished 

 surface of the corolla. 



