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PLATE LXXVII. 



PERSOONIA LINEARIS. 

 Linear-leaved Perfoonia. 



CLASS IV. ORDER I. 

 TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Four Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx nulhis. Petala 4, bafin verfus ftamini- 

 fera. Glandulx 4, ad bafin germinis. 

 Stigma obtufum. Drupa monofperma. 



Emtalement none. Petals four, fupporting t!ie 

 chives near the bottom. Four glands at the 

 bafe of the feed-bud. Summit blunt. A 

 pulpy berry with one feed. 



See Persoonia lanceolata. Pl.LXXIV. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Perfoonia foliis linearibus, fub-villofig; floribus 

 flavis. 



Perfoonia with linear leaves, a little hairy; 



flowers yellow. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. A flower complete. 



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

 ?,. The Pointal, (natural fize). 



4. The fame, (magnified). 



The Linear-leaved Perfoonia, is indigenous to the fame clime as the Lance-fhaped leaved, given in 

 our laft number; grows to nearly the fame height, and makes a handfome greenhoufe plant, con- 

 tinuing to flower through the autumnal months; and producing good feeds. J. Robcrtfon, Efq. of 

 Stockwell, Surry, raifed this fpecies from feeds in the year 1 794 ; with whom it flowered laft year, 

 for the firft time in England; and for whole kind communication of a fpecimen in flower, (from 

 which our drawing was made,) we beg our grateful acknowledgment. It is raifed by feeds, or cut- 

 tings; and fhould be planted in peat earth. 



