ERIOSTEMON BUXIFOLIUS 
Smith in Rees, Cyclop. xiii, no. 2 (1815) (uxifolia) ; Benth. Fl. Austral. i. 3 
32 
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[PLaTE 30.] 
Calyx 5-phyllus ; Soliola valde lata, ovata, acuta, erecta, 1-linearia, 
viridia, crassiuscula.  Petala 5, oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, basin versus 
attenuata, patentia, alba cum pauxillo, incarnati, 
paulo longiora, receptaculo inserta. 
filiformia, plana, pilosiuscula, 
planiuscula, }-uncia 
Lilamenta to, receptaculo inserta, 
primum circa germen arcuata, supra 
germen parum inflexa, alba, alterna petalis 3-plo breviora, alterna supra 
breviorum antheras_ elongata, ibique attenuata in apicem subulatum 
glabrum. Anxnthere ovato-oblongze cum brevi acumine, erectze, lutez, 
filamentorum longiorum paulo angustiores, citiusque pollen emittentes. 
Germina 5, supera (e dilatata basi margine purpurea,) conica, acuta, 
extus convexa, paulo infra apicem gibbosiuscula, intus angustata, circa 
‘stylum erecta in formam coni, Stylus unicus, e centro germinum erectus, 
filiformis, viridis, glaber, longitudine staminorum. breviorum. 
simplex. 
concava, leeviuscula, subtus carinata, punctis elevatis verrucosa; apice 
Stigma 
Fota alterna, patentissima, sessilia, rigida, supra parum 
parum reflexa, lanceolata acuta, acumine rigido; vix lineam longa. 
Peduncult axillares, solitarii, uniflori, foliis duplo breviores, teretes, 
punctis scabri.  Ramz teretes, punctis scabri. Congener [Philothece 
australis] etsi filamenta in hac non connata’ in nectarium. 
Receptaculum circa basin germinum dilatatum, margine purpureum, 
nigris, 
includentibus. Spirat odore aromatico. Pericarpia (e fructu immaturo) 
lateribus_ pulchre reticulatum __lineolis bases filamentarum 
unilocularia, 1-sperma. 
Botany Bay: not cited by Bentham as from Banks. 
ERIOSTEMON' BANKSII 
A. Cunn. ex Endl. in Enum. Pl, Hueg. 15 (1837); Benth. Fl. Austral. 
332; Bailey, Queensland Flora, i. 190. 
[PLATE 29.] 
Cahx pentaphyllus: fo/iola subrotunda, obtusa, parum concava, 
erecta, Petala quinque, receptaculo inserta, oblongo- 
lanceolata, acuta, patentia, nivea, semuncia paulo breviora. Nectarium : 
vix linearia. 
receptaculum circa basin germinum annulum formans, obsolete 
pentagonum, decem-crenatum: crenaturis alternis remotioribus. 
Lilamenta decem, receptaculo inserta, subulata, plana, basi latiuscula, 
alba, villosa, circa germen inflexa, dein erecto-patula, corolla + breviora, 
alterna breviora, parum latiora. Axthere oblongze, erecta, luteze. 
Germina quinque, basi connata, subtriquetra, extus planiuscula, intus 
PSU aaa, 
Rudge in Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. 298 ¢. 21 (1811); Benth. 
[PLate 
Calyx pentaphyllus: folvoda ovata, acutiuscula, concava, erecta, 
Petala quinque, cerulea, semuncialia, 
medium patula, basi angustata in 
Nectarium monophyllum, cylindraceum, 
Fauces villosee. Ftlamenta 
parva, semilineam longa. 
oblonga, obtusiuscula, supra 
unguem brevissimum, album. 
pellucidum, album, petalis dimidio brevius. eee 
decem, margine nectarii inserta, filiformia, villosa; alterna brevia, vix 
lineam longa, erecta, alterna duplo longiora, parum divaricata. Anthere 
oblongz, obtuse, erecta, incarnate ; filamentorum longiorum ante 
explicationem corolla deflorate. oblonga, 
cylindracea, erecta, obtusa, basi gibbosiuscula ibique conniventia. 
Germina quinque, 
angulata, in conum conniventia. S¢yvs e centro germinum erectus, 
filiformis, teres, staminibus paulo brevior, in medio parum ventricosus, 
ibique Stigma 
Pericarpia unilocularia, disperma, uti ex immaturis videre licuit. Ram 
teretes. ofa elliptica, obtusa, 
villosus. crassiusculum, obsolete quinquelobum. 
immerse  trinervia, 
porulosa, vix 14 uncialia, pallide et sordide viridia. 
Tota planta odorem Melissze citrinze spirat. 
integerrima, 
Petiolt brevissimi. 
Endeavour’s River. Brown did not collect the plant, as stated by Bentham. 
A STRATES 
Fl. Austral. i. 348; Bailey, Queensland Flora, i. 194. 
31] 
Stylus unicus, filiformis, erectus, longitudine staminum breviorum, 
Stigma simplex, glabrum. Capsule 
truncate, angulo 
villosus: basi et apice glaber. 
quinque, ovato-subrotunde, compressz, 
exteriori acuto : interiori rotundato; glabra, sed punctis glandulosis 
parum elevatis adspersee, diametro bilineari, uniloculares, bivalves, 
introrsum aperientes. Semzna solitaria, ovalia, parum compressa, 
nitida, nigricantia. Tota planta sed praecipue capsulz aromate spirant, 
odori Menthe gentilis non dissimili. 
supra 
Botany Bay: not cited by Bentham as from Banks, 
CONRAD AG Wey 
Andrews Bot. Repos. t.18 (1798) (Correa); Benth. Fl. Austral. i. 354. 
[PLATE 32.] 
Rami teretes. Calyx uti in rubicunda, sed paulo minor, albidus, 
furfuraceo-villosiusculus. e¢ada corolle tota alba omnino uti in 
vubicunda sed breviora, 7 lineis nec penitus, ad medium conglutinata. 
Stamina omnino uti in vwbzcunda, petalis paulo breviora, 7Zamenta alba, 
anthereé purpurez, ovate, incumbentes. 
Reliqua uti in rubicunda. 
Folia plana, subrotundo-ovalia, supra glabra. : 
Botany Bay. The plant figured by Andrews was raised in 1793 from seeds brought 
by Banks. 
