PLATE DLIV. 



VOLKAMERIA AN GUSTIFOLIA. 



Narrow-leaved Volkameria, 





CLASS XIV. ORDER II. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. Two Chives longer. Seeds covered. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx quinquefidus : Corollae laciniis secundis. 



Drupa 2-locularis. Semina 4, seu abortu 

 tantum 2. 



Empalembnt five-cleft. Blossom with the di- 

 visions pointing one way. Berry 2-celled. 

 Seeds 4, or from abortion only 2. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Volkameria fruticosa glaberrima, foliis ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis integerrimis, pedunculis 

 trichotomis axillaribus et terminalibus. 



Volkameria shrubby and very smooth, with 

 oblong-lanced very entire leaves, and pe- 

 duncles divided by threes i both axillary and 

 terminal. 





REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The empalement. 



2. A blossom spread open, one tip detached and magnified.. 



3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 



4. The seed-bud magnified. 





Volkameria angustifolia is a dwarf branchy shrub flowering in great profusion about the middle of 

 August. The blossoms are white and remarkably sweet-scented. It was communicated by Mr. Donn, 

 Curator of the Cambridge Botanic garden, and is to be enumerated in the new edition of his Cata- 

 logue now in the press. It requires to be kept in the bark-bed in the hot-house, and is supposed to be 

 a native of the Isle of France. We believe no other figure of it has been given. 



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