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BORONIA triphylla; /3. latifolia. 



The Three-leaved Boronia. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. Rutace^e. 

 BORONIA. Botanical Register, vol. 8. fol. 615. 



B. triphylla; foliolis ternis margine revolutis subtus pilis stellatis incano- 



tomentosis. Sieb. Dietr. sp. plant. 2. 1268. 

 a. foliolis linearibus. 



B. triphylla. Reichenbach iconogr. exot. 1. 52. t. 73. 

 /3. foliolis ovalibus triplo latioribus. 

 B. ledifolia. Paxton, Magaz. of Botany, t. 123. 



This is a very neat and pretty New Holland shrub ; it 

 may indeed be regarded as one of the best of the Boronias ; 

 partly on account of its good foliage, but more because of the 

 deep rich ruby red of its numerous starry flowers. 



It is current in the nurseries under the erroneous name of 

 B. ledifolia, and has been so figured by Mr. Paxton in the work 

 above quoted. How the mistake originated I cannot imagine, 

 for it has no resemblance to the true B. ledifolia, an old 

 greenhouse shrub with simple leaves, figured years ago in 

 Ventenat's plants of Malmaison, under the name of Lasiope- 

 talum ledifolium. 



That it is the B. triphylla of Sieber's collections there is 

 no doubt ; but I am uncertain whether it is a variety or not. 

 It differs from the wild plant now before me in having much 

 broader leaves ; but that circumstance may be owing to culti- 

 vation, and not to any real constitutional difference. 



The accompanying drawing was made in the Nursery of 

 Messrs. Loddiges. 



This requires nearly the same kind of treatment as the 

 smaller kinds of Diosma, and like most hardy wooded plants 

 should have a light sandy soil which is rather poor. The 

 principal thing to be observed in growing such plants is 

 always to drain the pots well, to keep them in a place where 



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