Drummondiane. N. O. Myrtacee. 
TAB. DCCCLII. 
BaLavustion* puLcHerrmmum, Hook. 
Grn. Cuar. Balaustion, Hook. (Myrtacew, Leptospermex). Ca- 
lycis colorati tubus amplus, urceolatus, ima basi solu 
ovario adherens, reliquus liber ; limbus 5-partitus, lobis late 
ovatis submembranaceis patentibus. Petala 5, ovali-orbicu- 
laria, calycem paulo ee tet intense coccinea. Stamina 
numerosa, petalorum longitudinis, ad oram calycis inserta serie 
simplici; jilamenta subulata; anthera dorso inserta, connec- 
tivo oblongo, bilocularis, loculis parallelis rima longitudinali 
dehiscentibus. Ovarium parvum, in fundo alg cis cum ejus 
basi adherens, turbinatum, iMloitiee 3 loculis sub- pile oy 
ovulis in duas linea een Stylus stamina superan 
filiformis. Stigma paulo um.—Frutex Awmilis dustrelaa 
meridionali-occidentalis. Caulis basi crassus, tortuosus; rami 
copiosi, fasciculati, densi, graciles, stricti, ‘gpithamai e pa 
a cortice pallido, pelliculo albo laxo tecti. Folia 
sita et in axillas fasciculata, in ramulos brevissima, linedria, 
acute triquetra, punctato-glandulosa ; petiolo brevissimo fusco 
in ramum articulato. Flores copiosi, pro —— planta 
magni, speciosi, colore et fere forma unice nanze glanduloso- 
punetati, gee versus apicem ramorum siti. Padus culi dre- 
vissimi, folio breviores, e ramulis axillaribus orti, infra calycem 
bi —_ — bracteis ovatis membranacets coloratis calycis bast 
appre 
Paieustion pulcherrimu 
Has. South-western Eailia, abe between the Swan 
River and King George’s Sound, Drum 
Cert one of the most lovely of sieats, with flowers three- 
fourths of an inch long, we a: and both in shape and 
colour very much resembling those of the dwarf Pomegranate. 
The nearest affinity of the eta: is + with Hypocalymna, Endi., of 
one species of which, H. oe it is said “ floribus copiosis 
« is has as much the superiority 
over that, as ¢Aaf has over the ations groupe in general 
of NEA Petals, even when dry, of the most brilliant scarlet. 
Fig. 1. wer. f. 2. Calyx, including the pistil. f. 3, 
Stamens. ey 5. Pistil, the free portion of the calyx being Joa 
JF. 6. Transverse section of the ovary :—magnifie 
* BaAdavorioy is the name given to the wild flowers of the Pomegranate. Diose. 
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