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RUTACE,E. XX. CROWEA. XXI. ERIOSTEMON. 



leaves very numerous, linear, somewhat imbricate, convex be- 

 neath; pedicels axillary. Jj . G. Native of New South Wales, 

 about Port Jackson. Eriostemon salsolifolia, Smith in Rees' 

 cycl. 13. no. 3. Flowers pale-red. 



Southern Philotheca. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1822. Shrub 2 

 to 3 feet. 



2 P. GAUDICHA'UDII ; leaves scattered ; peduncles terminal ? 

 Tj . G. Native of New Holland. 



Gaudichaud's Philotheca. Shrub 2 feet. 



Cult. These pretty shrubs require the same treatment as that 

 recommended for Phebalium. 



XX. CRO'WEA (in honour of James Crowe, of Norwich, an 

 excellent British botanist, and a great collector of willows). 

 Smith, in Lin. trans. 4. p. 220. D. C. prod. l.p. 720. Andr. 

 Juss. in mem. mus. 12. p. 481. t. 21. no. 24. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogijnia. Calyx 5-parted, per- 

 manent. Petals 5, sessile. Stamens 10, the 5 opposite the 

 petals shortest, all shorter than the petals, linear, fringed, lying 

 close together so as to form a tube ; anthers oblong, cordate, 

 adnate, drawn out at the apex into a long, bearded appendage. 

 Style 5-furrowed, smooth, terminated by a capitate, 5-furrowed 

 stigma. Fruit of 5 joined, 1 -seeded carpels. Shrubs with al- 

 ternate, quite entire, lanceolate leaves, running down the stem a 

 little at the base, and full of pellucid dots. Branches triquetrous. 

 Peduncles axillary, 1-flowered, furnished with minute, im- 

 bricate bracteas at their base. Calyx and petals convolute in 

 the bud. 



1 C. SALIGNA (Andr. bot. rep. t. 79.) leaves lanceolate. Jj . G. 

 Native of New South Wales. Sims, bot. mag. t. 989. Vent, 

 malm. t. 7. Corolla pale-purple or rather pink. Calyx and 

 petals smooth. 



WiMorv-leaved Crowea. Fl. July, Dec. Clt. 1 790. Shrub 



1 to 2 feet. 



2 C. LATIFO'LIA (Lodd. cat. 1824.) leaves ovate-lanceolate. 

 ^ . G. Native of New Holland. Flowers pale-purple or pink. 



Broad-leaved Crowea. Fl. Jul. Dec. Clt. 182*. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 

 Cult. These beautiful shrubs require the same treatment as 

 that recommended for Phebalium. 



XXI. ERIOSTE V MON (from epiov , erion, woolly, and orq/jwr, 

 stcmon, a stamen ; stamens woolly). Smith, in Lin. trans. 4. 

 p. 221. D. C. prod. 1. p. 720. Andr. Juss. in mem. mus. 12. 

 p. 481. t. 21. no. 25. 



LIN. SYST. Decdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, per- 

 manent. Petals 5, marcescent as well as the stamens. Stamens 

 10, the 5 opposite the petals shortest, all shorter than the petals, 

 free, flat, hispid, fringed, tapering to the apex into a thread, 

 which bears the anthers ; anthers heart-shaped, appendiculate at 

 the apex. Style 5-furrowed, very short, hispid or smooth, ter- 

 minated by a capitate, 5-furrowed stigma. Fruit of 5 carpels, 

 which are joined together at the base, each containing 1, rarely 



2 seeds. Shrubs with alternate, entire, simple leaves, sometimes 

 ending in a callose point, full of pellucid dots. Peduncles axil- 

 lary, 1-flowered, covered with imbricate bracteas, or furnished 

 with opposite or whorled ones on the middle. Sometimes the 

 peduncles are divided into 2-5 pedicels, furnished with bracteas 

 at their base. Calyx and petals convolute in the bud. 



1 E. BUXIFOLIUM (Smith, in Rees' cyclo. 13. no. 2.) leaves 

 elliptical, smooth ; middle nerve very prominent, and is drawn 

 out at the apex into a strong, recurved mucrone ; branches 

 round, pilose ; flowers axillary, almost sessile, smooth ; filaments 

 hispid. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, about Port Jackson. 

 Flowers pink or rose-coloured. 



Far. a, ob.vatum; leaves obovate, tapering to the base, glan- 

 dularly crenated. 



Var. ft, ellipticum ; leaves broadly elliptical, cordate at the 

 base, somewhat stem-clasping, usually entire, and glandular. 

 Box-leaved Eriostemon. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1822. Shrub 



1 to 2 feet. 



2 E. SALICIFOLIUM (Smith, in Rees' cycl. 13. no. 1.) leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, entire, smooth ; branches triquetrous ; flowers 

 axillary, almost sessile, solitary ; calyxes and petals hoary on 

 the outside ; filaments hispid. Jj . G. Native of New Holland, 

 about Port Jackson. Rudge, in Lin. trans. 11. t. 26. Hook, 

 bot. mag. 2854. Flowers pink. Habit of Crowea. Crowea 

 scabra, Graham, in edinb. phil. journ. 1827. p. 174. 



Willow-leaved Eriostemon. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1822. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



3 E. MYOPOROIDES (D. C. prod. 1. p. 720.) leaves linear-lan- 

 ceolate, quite entire, smooth, dotted with glands, and terminated 

 by a callose mucrone ; branches round ; peduncles axillary, trifid, 

 3-flowered ; calyxes and petals smooth ; filaments a little fringed 

 on the margin. Jj . G. Native of New Holland, on the eastern 

 coast. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Myoporum-like Eriostemon. Clt. 1824. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



4 E. LINEARIFOLIUM (D. C. prod. 1. p. 720.) leaves linear, 

 obtuse, quite entire, smooth, covered with glandular dots ; pe- 

 duncles axillary and terminal, 3-flowered. fj . G. Native of 

 New Holland. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Linear-leaved Eriostemon. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1823. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



5 E. OBOVA'EE (Cuningh. in Field's new south wales, p. 331.) 

 leaves oboval, wedge-shaped, or broadly spatulate, refuse, con- 

 cave, stalked, smooth, fleshy, terminating in a short mucrone ; 

 flowers solitary, terminal, or axillary. F? . G. Native of New 

 Holland, on the verge of the Regent's Glen, Blue Mountains. 

 Flowers rose-coloured. 



Oboval-\eaved Eriostemon. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1824. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



6 E. CUSPID A'TUM (Cuningh. in Field's new south wales, p. 331.) 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, rather glaucous, ending in a 

 hooked mucrone ; racemes umbellate, 4-5-flowered, axillary or 

 terminal. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, on rocky hills at 

 Cox's River. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 1247. Flowers rose-coloured 

 or pink. A shrub of strong growth. 



jPoinicrf-leaved Eriostemon. Fl. Jul. Oct. Clt. 1823. Shrub 



2 to 4 feet. 



7 E. NERIIFOLIUM (Sieb. ex Spreng. syst. app. p. 164.) leaves 

 lanceolate, marginate, mucronate, dotted ; peduncles axillary, 

 3-flowered ; filaments bearded. Tj . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land. Flowers rose-coloured or pink. 



Oleander-leaved Eriostemon. Shrub 3 feet. 



8 E. HISPIDULUM (Sieb. ex Spreng. 1. c.) leaves somewhat 

 spatulate, mucronate, callosely crenate, hispid above, and clothed 

 with starry villi beneath ; peduncles 1-flowered. ^. G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland. Flowers rose-coloured or pink. 



His/rid-leaved Eriostemon. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



9 E. CORYMBOSUM (Labill. nov. cal. p. 59. t. 58.) leaves large, 

 oblong, silky as well as covered with brown scales beneath ; 

 corymbs terminal; filaments hairy; anthers naked at the apex. 

 Tj . G. Native of New Caledonia. Flowers dark-coloured. 



Corymbose-fiovtered Eriostemon. Tree 18 to 24 feet. 



10 E. LANCEOLATUM (Gaert. fruct. 3. p. 154. t. 210.) leaves 

 lanceolate, rather wrinkled. J? . G. Native of New Holland. 

 E. australdsicum, Smith, in Lin. trans. 4. p. 221. Flowers rose- 

 coloured. 



Lanccolate-]eaved Eriostemon. Clt. 1823. Shrub 1 to 3 ft. 



Cult. Eriostemon is a genus of beautiful shrubs with pink 

 flowers, which deserve to be cultivated in every collection of 

 greenhouse shrubs. They require the same treatment as that 

 recommended for Phebalium, see p. 791. 



