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cellatum, 1-loculare, 1-2-ovulatutn; *^fo filiformi j stigmate obtuso. Drvpa baceat.i, [HlllWIM I 8 loot 
lari.— Frutices r. arbusculte, «»•■/«? interdum scarioso-lamelhsn ; foliis 
floribus /»»«, axillarihm, breve peditnculatis, jrterisque solitari "is, teracteiifu; I'm : 
s«o articulato ; embryone *^pe Z-h-cotyledoneo. 
A large A !ng upwards of seventy species, of which the majoritx inhabil the South- 
eastern quarter of Tasmania, and there is also a New Zealand species.— Shrubs or small much-branched trees, with 
often scaly bark. Leaves alternate, flat, or acerose and pungent, entire, with stomata on both surf:,, 
axillary, generalh solitary, oiic-bracteale, yellow. Verhmth regular, of four leaflets. - 
Stamens on the middle of the corolla, exserted. Orary pedicelled. with four hvpogvn,.;;- 
with one or two ovules. Style slender, with a blunt stigma. Drupe with a bony one- or two-celled nut. (Named 
in honour of C. H. Persoon, a botanist of Dutch origin.) 
1. Persoonia juniperina (Lab. Nov. Holl. i. 35*. t. 1-5); ramulis patentibtts appresse pubcscentt- 
bus, foliis con: - pungoiiti-inucroiiatis ^ericeo-pubcscentilius gla- 
bratisve floralibus conformibus, pedicellis subsoil tani* peri nt .iis.jm j lhcscentibus, segment^ subattnmatis, 
ovario stipitato glabra, stylo recto, stigmate subcapital [Mam.). — Br. Prodr. 372 ; /. ■ /. Trans. x. 1»*>0 ; 
Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 336. (Gunn, 1238.) 
Var. ft. ulicina (Meisn. I.e.); ramulis glabrescentibus, foliis seinicrertis stibpollii :mbus glabris subtus 
bisulcis.— Meisn. (Gunn, 537 ex parte, 869.) 
Var. y. hrei Meisi 1 ( , foliis patent ibus '-po!!i< n'bus i nulisfpn dennus rano-pubcscenti- 
bus. — Meim. (Gunn, 537 ex parte.) 
Hab. Very common, ascending to 3200 feet.— (Fl. Feb.) (t>. v.) 
Distrib. South Australia and Victoria. (Cultivated in Kngland.) 
Apparently a very variable plant, growing from 1-6 feet high. Gunn I 
Branches generally pubescent. Leaves |-1| inch long, spreading or suberect, rigid, linear-ubulate, and pungent, 
silky or glabrous, usually plane above and semiterete below. Flowers solitary or few together, about \ inch long, 
on short, stout pedicels. Perianth silky. 
2. Persoonia Gunnii (Nob. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 283) ; foliis rigidis spathulatis linearibusve 
planis subenerviis junioribus ramulisque tomeni thioque clavato puberulis, 
perianthii foliolis acuminatis margine undulatis, pistillo glabra, drupa biloculari.— Meisn. in 1)C. Prodr. 
xiv. 340. 
Var. a. dilatata ; foliis obovato-spatliulatis cuneatis (8-12 lin. longis, 3-4 lin. latis) apice rotundatis 
retusisve, periantliio glabrato lacini - is. — Mam. I. c. [Gunn, 870.) 
Var. /3. alpina (Nob. I.e.); foliis lineari-spathulatis (1-1$ poll, longis, l£-2£ lin. latis) obtusis v. 
subacutis, perianthio cano-tomentoso laciniis apic aogosfa lano >latu. — Mi i . Le. [Gum, 1237.) 
Hab. Mountain regions: Lake St. Clair, May-day Plains, and St. Patrick's River, Gunn, 
(Fl. Feb.) 
An erect, woody bush, 5-10 feet high, growing in thickets of Athrotaxis, ete.— Branches r< 
Leaves f-lf inch long, narrow, linear-spathulate, obtuse or subacute, very thick and coriaceous, aerv 
stout, axillary, short. Perianth yellow, odorous, club-shaped, pubescent. Drupe black-purple, glaucous, about \ 
inch long. 
Gen. VI. BELLENDEXA, Br. 
Mores ad apicem peduncnli elongati nudi racemosi. Perianthium tetraphyllum, regulare, patens. 
