PLATE CCLXXXVII. 



STYPHELIA PARVIFLORA. 



Small-flowered Styphelia. 



CLASS V. ORDER L 

 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx irabricatus. Corolla tubulofa. 

 Stamina fauci inleita. Drupa quinquelocularis. 

 Semina bina. 



Empalement tiled. Bloflbm tubular. 

 Chives inferted into the mouth of the bloffom. 

 A five celled berry. Seeds by twos. 

 See Styphelia triflora, PI. LXXII. Vol.1. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Styphelia foliis lanceolatis, oppofitis; floribus 

 capitatis terminalibus} corollis ininutis, 

 albis. 



Styphelia with lance-fliaped, oppofite leaves; 

 flowers terminate the branches in heads ; 

 bloffom fmall and white. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1 . The Empalement magnified. 



2. A Flower, natural fize. 



3. The fame, magnified. 



4. A Bloffom, cut open, with the Chives attached. 



5. The Pointal, natural fize. 

 ti. The fame, magnified. 



This Styphelia, as are all the known fpecies of the genus, is a native of New Holland, and was 

 amongft the firft plants which were raifed from feeds from that country. It is a hardy greenhoufc 

 plant; grows very bufliy, handfome in its foliage, and feldom exceeds two feet in height. It is pro- 

 pagated by cuttings, made from the tender {hoots, about tlie month of April; and treated as directed 

 for other plants natives of the fame clime. Should be planted in fandy peat earth. 



Our figure was taken from a fpecimen communicated by Mr. Cuff, from his felect coUedion at 

 Teddington, Middlefex; where it flowered, we believe, for th,e firft time in England, laft year, in the 

 month of Auguft, 1802. 



