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Boronia.] xxvili. RUTACE^. 



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long:, densely hoary-tomentose on both sides. Pedicels axillaiy, solitary, 

 scarcely ^ line long. Sepals tomentose, ovate, acute, about Inline long. 

 Petals twice as long as the calyx, pale pink, toraentose-piibcscent. Filaments 

 dilated upwards j anthers apiculate. Cocci stellate-tomentose. 



^^- Australia- In the ulterior, Eoe, I have not seen this plant ; the estivation of 

 the petals is liot described; if it be valvate, the species must be closely allied to C. calo- 

 fhylla^ diiferiiig chiefly in the toniciitosc leaves and ahnost sessile flowers. 



10. B, ericifolia, Beuth. An erect, brandling, heath-like shrub, the 

 young branches hoary-tomentose. Leaves 3-fbliate or simple ; leaflets sessile, 

 linear with the margins closely revolute" so as to be almost terete, obtuse, 3 

 or 4 lines long, glabrous. Flowers axillary, nearly sessile, hoary-tomentose. 

 Sepals lanceolate, valvnte. Petals about twice as long, attaining 3 lines or 



rather more, valvate, with the midrib prominent outside. Filaments glabrous, 

 glandular and obtuse at the top ; anthers with a minute recurved appendage. 



somewhat 

 not tbiek- 



K^tjfic ^luurous, wiin aniore or less capitate stigm«. Cocci rather large. Seeds 

 opaque, but not seen quite ripe, 



W. Australia^ Brummorid, ColL 1843, n. 46. 



11. B. inconspicua, Benth.i A glabrous, rigid shrub. Leaves pin- 

 iiate ; leaflets 3, 5, or 7, linear, veiy obtuse, rarely \. in long, thick and rigid, 

 the pairs distant, the rhachis thick and somewhat dilated between the leaflets. 

 Peduncles axillary, short, bearing single, minute, glabrous flowers. Sepals 

 rather thin, ovate, obtuse. Petals 2 or 3 times as long, in our specimens 

 not exceeding 1 lino, but perhaps not fully developed, valvate, 

 concave, slightly inflexed at the tip. Filaments flattened, ciliate, 

 ^iJed at the top; anthers all very small, not apiculate. Ovarj' glabrous. 

 Style very small, with a rather large globular stigma. Cocci about 3 lines 

 Jong, glabrous. Seeds opaque, glandular-tuberculate. 



VT. Australia^ Brummovd^ n. 212. The iniraediate affinities of this species are not 

 very clear. It is in some respects nearer to some of the Phinata tlian to the Vah-aics 

 generally, but as far as our specimens go I cannot traee any immediate connection with any 

 speeies of either group. 



12. B. eriantha, LindL in Mitch. Trop. Ansir, 298. A glabrous 

 shrub, the branches angular. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets 3 to 9, obovate or 

 oblong-cuneate, obtuse or with a recurved point, rarely above 3 lines long, 

 rather tliick, and often folded npwards lengthwise, the margins never recu)Ted. 



Peduncles axillaiy, short, 1- or rarely 2-flowered. Sepals ovate, acute, gla- 

 brous outside, minutely tomentose inside. Petals more than t^\ice as long, 

 attaming 3 or i lines, rather narrow, valvate, hoary-tomentose outside, with 

 a prominent midrib. Filaments usually ciliate; anthers apiculate. 



Queensland, Bidwiil ; near Mount Pluto, Mitchell. With the aspect of B, wirro- 

 Pl^I/IU this has the floral characters of B. hdifoVm, with which F. Mueller projjoses to nnitc 

 It, but besides a totally different habit, the leaflets are thick, equally green on both sides, 

 ^ith the margins flat or folded upwards, not recurved with a pale or hoary-tomentose under- 

 surfaee as in B. ledifolia. 



altilata 



3 



pinnate 



to 13 or evi n more, oblong or linear, rarely almost ovate, obtuse, 2 to 3 lines 

 l*^iig, the margins revolute, glabrous above when full-grown, hoary-tomentose 



