PLATE LXXVII 



PERSOONIA LINEARIS. 



Linear-leaved Perfoonia. 



CLASS 



IV. 



ORDER 



I. 



TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Four Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx nuUus. Petala 4, bafin verfus ftaminU 



fera. 



Glaudulae 4, ad bafin geraiinis. 



Stigma obtufum. Drupa monofperma. 



Empalement none. Petals four, fupporting the 

 chives near the bottom. Four glands at the 

 bafe of the feed-bud. Summit blunt. A 

 pulpy berry with one feed. 



See Persoonia lanceolata. PI. LXXIV. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Perfiwnla foliis linearibus, fub-villofis; floribus 

 flavis. 



Perfoonia with linear leaves, a little hairy; 

 flowers yellow. 



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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A flower complete. 



2. One Petal of the flower, with its Chive, (magnified) 



3. The Pointal, (natural fize)» 



4. The fame, (magnified). 



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The Linear-leaved Perfoonia;, is indigenous to the fame clime as the Lance-lhaped leaved, given 



ID 



number: grows to nearlv the fame heicrht. and makes a handfome srreenhoufe 



con- 



tinulng to flower through the autumnal months 3 and producing good feeds. J. Robertfon, Wq- 01 



Surry, raifed this fpecies from feeds in the year 1/94 

 the firfl time in England: and for whofe kind communication 



(from 



and 



acknowledgment. It is raifed by feeds, or cut- 



