ICONES PLANTARUM. 



Plate 1401. 



EGGEESIA BUXIFOLIA, Hoohf. 

 Ntctagikej:, Tribe Pisonie^. 



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Eggersia, Hooh, /., gen. nov, Flores solitarii, minuti, liermaphroditi 

 3-4- brae teolati. Perianthium urceolare, ore 5-dentato, dentibus erectis 

 ind-aplicatO'Valvatis. Stamina 7-8, inclusa, filamentis iuEequilonffis 

 breviter filiformibus, basi in tubum brevem eonnatis ; anthersB man-nse 

 didymas. Ovarium ovoideum, in stylum brevem subterminalem 

 attenuatum, stigmate pnnctiformi. Fructus ?, — Frutex glaherrirmis 

 ramulis stricUs elongatis. Folia parva^ sparsa v. in ramtilis hrevibus 

 Jasciculaiay hrevissime petiolata, ohovato-ohlongay apice rofundata^ coriacea^ 

 ^,«^^„;^ I?! — g pedunculati, pedunculo foliis midto breviore hirtello; 



re minimce, Perianthium hirtellum. 



enervia. 



fi 



buxifolia, IIooJc, f. 



) 



Hab. 



(West 



1,000 ft., Baron Eggers (fl. Novr). 



Frutex ut videtur rigidas, ramulis virgatis foliosis. Folia ^— | poll. 

 longa, basi acuta, rigida, siccitate fusca, interdum apice emarginata, 

 costa tenni. Peria7ithium ^ poll, longum, fere ovoideum. 



A singular plant, very unlike its allies in general appearance, though 

 evidently of near affinity with Necea, from -which it differs in habit and 

 its most minute hermaphrodite flowers. — J. D. H. 



Fig. 1. Flower with bnicteoles, erroneously represented as connate. 2. Bracteoles, 

 3. Corolla laid open, 4. Stamens and ovary, 6, Ovarj. 6. The same cut vertically, 



showing the ovule. All grcatli/ enlarged. 



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