of the Natural Order oj Myrt'i. 265 



ftamina to the other fiiccics. If the capfules (liould be foiiiul to 

 have 3 or 4 cells, I (hould incline to reckon it a decandrous Bicckea^ 

 with which genus its oppofite leaves, as well as the fize and ap- 

 pearance of the flowers, agree ; whereas every Leplofpennum that I 

 know of, has alternate leaves. It rauft be left for future confi- 

 deration. 



4. FABRICIA. Gcr.rtn. Sem. t. 35. 

 IcosANDRiA Monogynia, after Leptofpermunt. 



Char. Gen. Calyx 5-fidus, femifuperus. Pctala 5, feffilia. 

 Sii^ma capitatum. Capfula multilocularis. Semlna alata. 



_g,pxrtnei enumerates two fpecies of Fabricia, of which I have re- 

 ceived only one, his lo'vigata, from New South Wales, which is 

 alfo plentiful in the gardens about London, but has never yet 

 flowered. Neither have my fpccimens any flowers, though they 

 abound with feflile axillary capfules, feme of which have the ftyle 

 upon them. The petals being fcfllle (without ungues) is the only 

 part of the generic chara&er which I have borrowed fromGx'rtner. 

 The numerous cells of the fruit, from 8 to 10, and efpecially the 

 winged feeds, fufRciently diftinguilh this genus from Lcptofpermuiiiy 

 to which it is next akin. 



-The leaves of F. lavigata are alternate, obovat&, fmooth, very 

 obfcurely 3 or f-nerved, of a light glaucous green. The teeth of 

 the calyx are of a triangular figure, whereas in F. myrtifolia they 

 are nearly orbicular. This laft-mentioned fpecies is alfo twice as 

 large as > the other in all its parts. • 



»i<Vot. III. M in S, MF^ 



