PLATE DCVI 



ZIERI A 



MITHII. 



Smithian Zieria. 





CLASS IV. ORDER L 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx quadripartitus. Petala quatuor. Sta- 

 mina glabra, glandulis insidentia. Stylus 

 simplex. Stigma subquadrilobum. Cap- 

 sule quatuor coalitae. Seraina arillata. 



Cup four-parted. Petals four. Chives smooth, 

 sitting on glands. Pointal simple. Sum- 

 mit generally four-lobed. Fruit of four co- 

 hering capsules. Seeds covered with an 

 arillus. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE* 



1 . Empalement magnified. 



2. Chives and pointal. 



3. A chive magnified. 



4. The same shown from the outer side. 



5. Empalement, seed-bud, and pointal magnified 



The Zieria Smithii is a dwarf warty shrub with opposite branches, and leaves which are composed of 

 three lanceolate leaflets, rough with transparent dots, which probably secrete an oil, as the bruised 

 leaves are very fragrant A few small scattered hairs are just visible on their upper surface. The panU 

 cles of flowers rise from the axils of the leaves, which they often excel in length, and branch in the 

 same opposite manner as the stem, with linear bracts at the divisions. The cups are very short, finely 

 haired and dotted as the leaves. The petals are broad-lanced, pointed, and slightly tinged with purple 

 on the outside. The genus was established by Dr. Smith in the fourth volume of the Linnean 

 Society's Transactions, and named in memory of his friend Mr. Zier, whom he calls f ' an indefatigable 

 botanist, but whose labours generally gained celebrity under another name than his own." Were cele- 

 brity only to be gained by real merit, many of the high-sounding names that now swell the trump of 

 fame would, we fear, have far less pretensions than Zier. The Zieria Smithii was communicated last 

 April by A. B. Lambert, esq. from his collection, and we have seen dried specimens of four other 

 species preserved in his Herbarium, all (like the present) natives of New Holland, and agreeing in 

 their shrubby nature, opposite branches, ternate leavei, and axillary bunches of flowers. None of 

 the species have before been published. 



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