RUTACE^E. XXII. BORONIA. 



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XXII. BORO'NIA (named after Francis Borone, an Italian 

 servant of Dr. Sibtborp, who perished from an accident at 

 Athens, he collected specimens of many of those plants which 

 are figured in the Flora Graeca). Smith, tracts, p. 285. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 721. Andr. Juss. in mem. mus. 12. p. 483. t. 22. 

 no. 26. 



LIN. SYST. Octdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 4-parted or 4- 

 cleft, permanent. Petals 4, marcescent. Stamens 8, the 4 op- 

 posite the petals shortest, all shorter than the petals, free, fringed, 

 or tubercled, linear, usually dilated at the top, whence a very 

 short thread rises, bearing the anther ; anthers heart-shaped, 

 usually with a short appendage at the apex. Styles 4, erect, 

 smooth, approximate or joined together, terminated by an equal 

 or capitate 4-furrowed stigma. Fruit of 4 2-valved carpels. 

 Seeds ovate, compressed, usually one in each carpel. Shrubs 

 with opposite, simple, or impari-pinnate leaves, entire, or a little 

 serrulated, full of pellucid dots. Peduncles terminal but usually 

 axillary on the extreme branches, 1 to many-flowered. Pedicels 

 furnished at the base and middle with 2 opposite, short bracteas, 

 jointed, commonly dilated under the calyx. Flowers rose, pur- 

 plish, or reddish, with a pleasant sweet scent. 



* Leaves impari-pinnate, terminal leaflet sessile. 



1 B. PINNA' TA (Smith, 1. c. t. 4.) leaflets 2-3-4 pairs, 

 linear, acute, quite smooth ; peduncles dichotomous ; flowers 

 octandrous. Tj . G. Native of New Holland, about Port 

 Jackson. Andr. hot. rep. t. 58. Vent. malm. t. 38. Sims, 

 bot. mag. 1. 1763. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 473. Flowers pink, with 

 a scent like that of hawthorn. 



Pinnate-leaved Boronia. Fl. Feb. May. Clt. 1794. Shrub 



1 to 3 feet. 



2 B. PSORALEOIDES (D. C. prod. 1. p. 721.) leaflets 1 or 2 

 pairs, and are as well as the branches quite smooth, but beset 

 with glandular dots, linear, obtuse ; peduncles short, 1 -flowered; 

 flowers tetrandrous. J? . G. Native of New Holland, on the 

 south coast. Flowers small, pale-red. 



Psoralea-like Boronia. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



3 B. TETRA'NDRA (Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 98. t. 125.) leaflets 

 4 or 5 pairs, linear, obtuse, smooth ; branches pilose ; pedicels 

 short, 1 -flowered ; flowers tetrandrous. fy.G. Native of New 

 Holland, in Van Leuwin's Land. Flowers pale-purple. 



7e<ra(froM*-flowered Boronia. Clt. 1 824. Shrub 1 to 4 ft. 



4 B. CANDO'LLII ; leaflets 5 or 6 pairs, smooth ; petioles a 

 little winged ; leaflets oblong-oval, blunt, toothed at the apex. 

 Tj ,G. Native of New Holland. Zanthoxylum oppositifolium, 

 D. C. prod. 1. p. 728. Flowers red. 



De Candolle's Boronia. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



5 B. PILOSA (Labill. nov. holl. 1. p. 97. t. 124.) leaflets 2 

 to 5 pairs, linear, approximate, and are as well as the branches 

 rather pilose ; peduncles 1 -flowered ; flowers octandrous. Tj . G. 

 Native of New Holland at Cape Van Diemen. Flowers rose- 

 coloured, full of pellucid dots. 



Pilose Boronia. Shrub 1 foot. 



6 B. ALA TA (Smith, in Lin. trans. 8. p. 283.) rachis winged; 

 leaflets 3-5 pairs or more, crenate, revolute, pilose on the 

 nerves beneath, as well as the rachis ; peduncles dichotomous, 

 usually 3-flowered ; bracteas fringed ; flowers octandrous. Tj . 

 G. Native of New Holland, on the western coast. Sweet, 

 fl. austr. 48. Flowers small, of a dirty pale-rose colour, tipped 

 with green. 



JFzngerf-petioled Boronia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1823. Shrub 



2 to 6 feet. 



7 B. FLORIBU'NDA (Sieb. pi. exsic. ex Spreng. syst. app. p. 

 148.) rachis margined; leaflets 3 pairs, linear-lanceolate, mu- 



VOL. I. 



cronate, serrulated ; peduncles tern. Jj . G. Native of New 

 Holland. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Bundle-flowered Boronia. Shrub 1 to 6 feet. 



8 B. MICROPHY'LLA (Sieb. pi. exsic. ex Spreng. syst. app. p. 

 148.) leaflets 6 pairs, minute, obovate, mucronate ; peduncles 

 tern. 1? G. Native of New Holland. Flowers pink. 



Small-leaved Boronia. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



* * Leaves trifoliate or trifid. 



9 B. TRIPHY'LLA (Sieb. pi. exsic. ex Spreng. syst. app. p. 

 148.) leaves ternate ; leaflets linear, revolute, downy beneath ; 

 peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. T; . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land. Flowers rose-coloured. 



Three-leaved Boronia. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



10 B. ANEMONiFOLiA(Cuningh. in Field's new south wales, p. 

 330.) leaves stalked, trifid ; segments narrow, wedge-shaped, 

 furnished with 2 or 3 teeth at the apex or quite entire ; petioles 

 channelled; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered ; filaments 

 blunt at the apex ; anthers spurred. T? . G. Native of New 

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

 Flowers pink. 



Anemone-leaved Boronia. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



* * * Leaves variable. 



11 B. PARADOXA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 722.) leaves simple, tri- 

 foliate and pinnate, lanceolate, with revolute edges, hairy be- 

 neath. 1? . G. Native of New Holland, about Port Jackson. 

 Eriostemon paradoxum, Smith, in Rees' cyclop. 13. no. 6. 

 Flowers rose-coloured, copious, on axillary, solitary, 1-flowered 

 peduncles, which are shorter than the leaves, angular, covered 

 with rusty, starry scales or pubescence. Petioles winged ; leaflets 

 sessile. It is doubtful whether the simple, ternate, and pinnate 

 leaves are to be found on the same plant; we presume they 

 belong to distinct species, and are probably identical with some 

 .of those described above. 



Paradoxical Boronia. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



* * * * Leaves simple. 



12 B. SERRULA'TA (Smith, in Lin. trans. 8. p. 284. tracts, t. 

 5.) leaves trapeziform, acute, serrulated in front, smooth, full of 

 glandular dots ; peduncles aggregate, terminal. Tj . G. Native 

 of New Holland, about Port Jackson. Flowers of a deep-rose 

 colour, very fragrant. Filaments hispid at the base. Anthers 

 hispid. Stigma sessile, capitate, 4-furrowed. Lindl. bot. reg. 

 842. Lodd. bot. cab. t. 998. Sweet, fl. austr. 1. 19. 



Serrulate-leaved Boronia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. Shrub 

 1 to 6 feet. 



13 B. CRENULA'TA (Smith, in Lin. trans. 8. p. 284.) leaves 

 obovate, mucronulate, crenulated ; pedicels axillary and ter- 

 minal, 1-flowered; filaments obtuse and glandular at the apex. 



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

 Flowers small, red, with a fringed calyx. Anthers nearly ter- 

 minal. 



CVenutoe-leaved Boronia. Shrub 1 to 4 feet. 



14 B. DENTICULA'TA (Smith, in Lin. trans. 8. p. 284.) leaves 

 linear, retuse, toothletted, terminated by a small point ; pedun- 

 cles corymbose ; filaments blunt and glandular at the apex. 



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

 Lindl. bot. reg. t. 100. Flowers rose-coloured. Bracteas de- 

 ciduous. Anthers on lateral, horizontal stalks. 



Toothletted-\ea\ed Boronia. Fl. March, Aug. Clt. 1S23. 

 Shrub 2 to 6 feet. 



15 B. PARVIFLORA (Smith, in Lin. trans. 8. p. 285. tracts, t. 

 6.) leaves obovate-lanceolate, obsoletely-crenulated ; peduncles 

 1 -flowered, bracteolate ; filaments oblong and glandular at the 



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