NAT ORDER. 

 PiUosporccB. 



SOLLY A. HETEROPHYLLA. VARIOUS-LEAVED SOLLYA. 



Class V. Pentandria. Order I. Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. Leaves^ five-parted. Petals, five-parted. Anthers, con- 

 nivant. Pericarp, biocular. iSfigina, obscure. 



Spe. Char. Leaves, oblong. Petals, oviil, obtuse. Sepals, five. 



This is a twining shrub, usually found growing from three to 

 four feet high ; the leaves are oblong, glabrous, entire, or rarely sinu- 

 ato-serrate, and shortly petiolate ; corymbs terminal, or axillary and 

 opposite the leaves, of several patent, nearly campanulate, bright 

 blue flowers ; the cali/.v is small, and of five ovate-acute segments ; 

 petals oval and obtuse ; stamens and Jilaments five, short ; anthers 

 subsagitate, connivant, opening at the extremity, bent for a conside- 

 rable way down by a long pore or short fissure ; gcrnioi oblong, ta- 

 pering upwards, and very silky ; style linear ; sii^;na obscurely two- 

 lobed. 



This charming plant, which has recently been ascertained by 

 modern botanists to be the Billardierafnsiformis, was first discovered 

 growing on Van Dieman's Land ; from there specimens were taken, 

 and introduced into Holland and other parts of the adjoining country. 

 It is spoken of by gardeners as being a highly ornamental plant, and 

 is undoubtedly a great acquisition to the flower-garden. In Scotland 

 and the northern parts of England, it is is said to thrive and grow 

 well, and blossoms in the months of August and September. It 

 grows in the open air without any protection, and the roots live 

 through the winters of even that cold country. 



Vol. iv— 2-3. 



