OF LA PEROUSE. 



245 



belonged for the moft part to the family of the 

 protde and to that of the bigmni^e. 



I fliall here give a defcription of one of the 

 moft beautiful flirubs which grow on thcfc 

 heierhts. It forms a new <T;enus which I call 

 aiilboloma, and which is to be clafTcd in the 

 famdly of the loti. 



The calyx, which- is compofcd of from two to 

 four oval leaves, frequently detaches itfeif v/hen 

 the flower blows. 



The corolhi is entire, cup-fhapcd and crcnated 

 unequally on its margins. 



The ftamina, which are very numerous, 

 (about a hundred,) are attached to a flefliy re- 

 ceptacle. The anthers arc terminated at the 

 top by a point under v.hich they open at the 

 extremity of their cells. 



The germen, which is of a quadrangular py- 

 ramidical form, li;;htl}- inferted in the recep- 

 tacle, is crowned by a ll vie terminatino; in an 

 acute ftigma. 



The fruit is quadrilocular; the cells are filled 

 with a great number of feeds ; it v/as not yet 

 ripe, but I think that i: bc-^omej a capfule. 



I defignate tiiis ;l:rub bv the name of .:/;.'''(//: ''/.z 

 :::^>:liinj. I la^A' Icvcral of tncm ^'hich wcrcfivc 

 meters hifT-h. Ilo !ca\Ts ai'c allcrnalc, \\:v : co- 

 riaceoiis, aiid grow on:\' at ti:ie extrcnuiy of rhc 

 brandies, as do alf:) the Howers, 



