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- PERNET TIA MUCRONA’ TA. 
POINTED. LEAVED PERNETTIA. 
‘ gXOGENR. DICOTYLEDONES. 
N ao division 
0 which — WW 
this Plant —- 
- DECANDRIA, 
; MONOGYNIA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
No. 112. 
GENUS, Peryertia. Gavpre ee Canyx 5-partitus siccus, Coroiia 
globosa, limbo 5-dentato. Stamina 10, hypogyna; filamentis basi dilatatis, an- 
theris muticis: lobis apice- angus sats bidentatis. Ovarium 5-loculare, poly- 
spermum; squamis s 10 hypogynis ambientibus. Capsuna aes polysperma. 
GavbicHavp in Annales des Seas Natitelied; Vol. V, p. 102. 
SPECIES. Pernetria MucronaTA. GavDICHAUD. Pedr ovatis serra 
tis mucronatis, pedunculis laxis brevioribus, squamis hypogynis integris. Cw: 
picHaupD: Ibid. 
NATURAL ORDER, ERICACE. . 
& )) (. Artificial divisions. 
NEY to which 
this Plant belongs. 
cAL shir oe ORE, 
wieeas patie. 
CHaRacTER OF THE Genus, PerneTTia. CaLyx 5-parted, dry. 
Corotta globose, limb 5-toothed. Stamens 10, hypogynous; fila- 
ments dilated at the base, anthers not pointed behind; lobes con- 
tracted, two-toothed at the apex. Ovary 5-celled, svany seeded: 10 
hypogynous scales surrounding it. CapsuLe berried, many-seeded. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, PERNETTIA MUCRONATA. A small 
shrub, dividing into branches, close to the root; branches spreading, 
few hairs, which are flexuose and subulate, at first white but speedily 
becoming yellow. Leaves about three quarters of an inch in length, 
scarcely petiolate, sparse, inclined towards the light, flat, shining, na- 
ked, dark green above, paler beneath, leathery; mid-ribs distinct; 
veins on young leaves obscure, more perceptible on the old, ovato- 
lanceolate, broadly serrrate, the point forming a stiff prolongation 
of the mid-rib. Fiowers axillary, eee nodding; peduncles 
about equal in length to the leaves, of a pale green colour, except 
where covered with a reddish somewhat glandular pubescence; near 
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bracts Catyx naked, white, 5-parted, segments bluntish. Cor- 
OLLA white, urceolate, Sesddind segments blunt, reflected. Sra- 
MENS ten, filaments clavate, rather rough, white ; anthers adnate to the 
tapering summit of the filament, erect, brown, ‘seuieiiad at the top, 
each lobe dehiscing by a pore at the apex, and crowned by two short 
erect bristles. PisTituum not protruding, but reaching the reflexed 
mouth of the corolla. Stiama formed of five erect points. STYLE 
an ce re of a faint yellowish green. _ Ovary as long as the 
tamens, globose, smooth, green. Rw. 
