DILLENIACEJE. XI. PLEURANDRA. 



a crown ; because the stamens are all inserted in the side of one 

 of the pistils, not around them). Juss. ined. D. C. syst 1. 

 p. 412. prod. 1. p. 71. 



LIN. SYST. Polyandria, Digynia. Calyx of 5, permanent 

 sepals. Petals 5, obtuse or emarginate. Stamens indefinite, 

 unilateral (f. 17. a.), exterior ones sterile, scale-formed. Ovaries 

 2 ; styles filiform. Seed girded by a membranous arillus. Al- 

 bumen fleshy. Small elegant shrubs with yellow flowers. 



1. Oppositifolia. Sterile stamens spatulate at the top; 

 petals emarginate. Species from Madagascar. 



1 H. COMMERSO'NII (D. C. syst. 1. p. 413.) leaves opposite, 

 oval-oblong, mucronated ; peduncles tomentose. Tj.S. Native 

 of Madagascar. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 74. Helianthemum 

 coriaceum, var. a, Pers. ench. 2. p. 76. Calyxes woolly. 



Commer son's Hemistemma. Shrub 1 foot. 



2 H. AUBE'RTII (D.C. 1. p. 413.) FIG. 17. 

 leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate, 



tapering to the base, acute at the 

 top ; peduncles smoothish. Jj . S. 

 Native of Madagascar. Deless. 

 icon sel. 1. t. 75. Helianthemum 

 coriaceum, var. (3, angustifolium. 

 Pers. ench. 2. p. 76. Calyxes 

 clothed with silky down. This 

 shrub is called in Madagascar A ng- 

 zavidi. 



Auberfs Hemistemma. Shrub 

 1 foot. 



% 2. Altermfolia. Sterile sta- 

 mens linear. Petals blunt. Spe- 

 cies from New Holland. 



3 H. DEALBA'TUM (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 41 3.) leaves alter- 

 nate, obovate-oblong, tapering to the base, blunt and mucronate 

 at the top, under surface white from pubescence. Tj . G. Native 

 of Arnheim Land in New Holland. Deless. icon. sel. 1. t. 76. 



Whitened Hemistemma. Shrub 1 foot. 



4 H. BA'NKSII (R. Br. in D.C. syst. 1. p. 414.) leaves al- 

 ternate, oblong, narrowed at the base, blunt at the top, under 

 surface tomentose. Jj . G. Native of New Holland at Endea- 

 vour River. Flowers sessile, secund. 



Sir Joseph Banks's Hemistemma. Shrub 1 foot. 



5 H. ANGUSTIFO'LIUM (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 414.) leaves 

 alternate, long, linear, acute, under surface whitened. Jj . G. 

 Native of Arnheim Land in New Holland. Deless. icon. sel. 1. 

 t. 77. Peduncles about the length of the leaves. Flowers 

 secund. 



Narron-leaved Hemistemma. Shrub 1 foot. 



6 H. ? LECHENAU'LTII (D. C. syst. 1. p. 414.) leaves alternate 

 oblong, tapering to the base, truncate at the top, somewhat emar- 

 ginate, under surface whitened. Tj . G. Native of New Holland 

 and the island of St. Francisco. Flowers small, axillary solitary, 

 on very short pedicels. 



Leschenault's Hemistemma. Shrub 2 feet. 



Cult. This is a genus of elegant little shrubs, with the ap- 

 pearance of Helidnthemum ; they will thrive best in an equal 

 mixture of sand, loam, and peat, and cuttings will root readily 

 under hand-glasses in the same kind of soil. Those species na- 

 tives of Madagascar require the heat of a stove.f 



XI. PLEUR A'NDR A (from irXevpov, pleuron, a side, and avijp, 

 aner, a male ; in allusion to the stamens being all inserted in one 

 side of the flower). Lab. nov. holl. 2. p. 5. t. 143 and 144. D. 

 C. syst. 1. p. 415. prod. 1. p. 71. 



VOL. i. PARTI. 



LIN. SYST. Pent. Heft. Oct. Dec Polyandria, Digynia. 



Calyx of 5, oval, permanent sepals. Petals 5, usually obcor- 

 date. Stamens 5-20, unilateral (f. 18. c.), all fertile. Styles 

 filiform. Carpels 2, membranous, 1-2-seeded. Small shrubs, 

 with solitary yellow flowers seated on the tops of the branches, 

 and entire leaves. Petals emarginate (f. 18. 6.) This is one of 

 those genera which renders the Linnean system truly ambiguous. 

 It contains Pentandrous, Hexandrous, Heptandrous, Octandrous, 

 Decandrous, and Polyandrous plants. 



1. Daphnotdece (plants mith the habit of Daphne) D. C. 

 syst. 1. p. 415. Stamens free. Leaves oblong or obovate, rather 

 large, flat, smooth. 



1 P. BRACTEA TA (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 415.) leaves 

 oblong, smoothish, mucronulate ; bracteas crowded about the 

 sessile flowers, which are villous on the outside ; ovaries very 

 hairy. Tj . G. Native of New Holland about Port Jackson. 

 Deless. icon. sel. l.t. 78. A beautiful shrub, with the habit of 

 Daphne colltna. Leaves sometimes broad, sometimes narrow. 

 Stamens 12. 



Bracteated Pleurandra. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1823. Sh. 2 ft. 



2 P. NI'TIDA (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 416.) leaves oblong, 

 smooth, mucronate ; bracteas few, somewhat scariouse, smooth ; 

 ovaries tomentose. ^ G. Native of New Holland about Port 

 Jackson. Very like P. bractedta, but all its parts are smooth 

 except the ovaries. Stamens 7-8. 



Shining Pleurandra. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1823. Sh. 2 ft. 



3 P. CNEO'RUM (D. C. syst. 1. p. 416.) leaves oblong, obtuse, 

 narrowed at the base, and are, as well as the bracteas and calyxes, 

 smooth ; ovaries smoothish. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, 

 in brushy situations on the King's Table Land. Like P. bracteata. 

 Flowers sessile. Stamens 12-15. 



Widow- Wale like Pleurandra. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. 

 Shrub 2 feet. 



2. Alyssoldece (plants with the habit of Alyssum) D. C. 

 syst. 1. p. 416. Stamens free. Leaves oblong or obovate, vel- 

 vety with starry pubescence on both surfaces, or only on the under 

 surface. 



4 P. SERI'CEA (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 416.) leaves oblong, 

 with revolute margins, upper surface pilose, under surface vel- 

 vety ; branches hairy ; flowers sessile. Tj . G. Native of New 

 Holland on the eastern shore at Port Philip. Deless. icon. sel. 

 l.t. 79. Flowers solitary, terminal, sessile among the leaves. 

 Stamens 7-8. 



Silky Pleurandra. Shrub 2 feet. 



5 P. ASTROTRI'CHA (Sieb. pi. nov. holl. ex Spreng. syst. app. 

 p. 191.) leaves spatulate-linear, rough, rather hairy ; branchlets 

 clothed with starry, powdery pubescence ; peduncles bractless, 

 nodding ; sepals acute. Tj . G. Native of New Holland. 



Starry-haired Pleurandra. Shrub 2 feet. 



6 P. CINE'REA (R. Br. in D.C. syst. 1. p. 41 7.) leaves oblong, 

 with revolute margins, velvety on both surfaces ; branches some- 

 what villous ; flowers solitary on short pedicels. Tj . G. Native 

 of a place called Memory Cove on the southern coast of New 

 Holland. Stamens 7-8. 



Cinereous Pleurandra. Shrub 2 feet. 



7 P. FURFURA'CEA (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 417.) leaves 

 oblong, flat, blunt ; upper surface somewhat scabrous, under 

 surface velvety-tomentose ; branches velvety ; flowers on pedi- 

 cels. G. Native of New Holland at King George's Sound. 

 Pedicels an inch long, clothed with starry hairs. Stamens 8-10. 



Chaffy Pleurandra. Shrub 2 feet. 



8 P. PARVIFLO'RA (R. Br. in D. C. syst. 1. p. 417.) leaves 

 obovate, cuneated at the base ; upper surface scabrous, under 

 surface velvety, as well as branches ; flowers on pedicels. ^ G. 



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