SUNDEWS. 97 
pians. The drawing explains the form and disposition of its 
leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds. Its corolla is prettily orange- 
yellow. Marianthus was named by Baron von Huegel in honor 
of the Princess Marie von Metternich, who for many years 
patronized horticulture in the Austrian Metropolis. This. genus 
gives a good idea also of that of Billardiera, with which it 
accords, except that the fruit is capsular (dehiscent) not baccate. 
Our Billardieras are lasting monuments to the memory of the 
Naturalist of D’Entrecasteaux’s Expedition. Billardiera longi- 
flora has the petals bending together into an almost cylindric 
corolla, the style very elongated, and the usually blue berry one- 
celled, hollow and destitute of mucilaginous pulp. It is never 
seen out of forests, where it delights in damp ravines. Bi/lar- 
diera scandens is much commoner ; its petals bend together into 
an almost 
bellshaped 
corolla ; its 
style is very 
short, andthe 
completely 
two - celled 
berry is livid 
and filled 
with soft 
pulp. From 
this Billar- 
diera cymosa, 
mainly of the 
desert tracts 
is chiefly dis- 
tinguishable 
by bearing 
the flowers 
not solitary 
ee onaiiod Fic, XLVI. — (Marianthus bi i ) fl laid 
z 1G. .— (Marianthus bignoniaceus).—a, a flower lai 
into — open ; 4, portion of a fruit, opened; c, a seed cut longitu- 
or panicles. dinally ; all somewhat magnified. 
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