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on the upper fide, reddilh-brown beneath. Filaments fringed 

 all the way up, each terminating in a round knob, nearly 

 on the top of which Hands the capillary flalk bearing the 

 anther. 



3. B. plhfa. Hairy Boronia. Labill. Nov. Holl. v. 1. 

 97. t. 124. Poiret n. 1. — Leaves pinnate ; leaflets linear- 

 lanceolate, hairy, entire. Flowers folitary, axillary, and 

 terminal, on ftalks longer than the leaves. — Native of the 

 cape of Van Diemen. Labi/lardiere- A fmaller fhrub than 

 the two preceding, being only from nine to eighteen inches 

 high. Leaflets from five to eleven, fmall and narrow, each 

 about half an inch long ; their ftalks jointed, not winged. 

 Flowers erett, about half the fize of B. pinnata, folitary, on 

 fimple ftalks, bearing two pair of awl-fhaped braHeas. Fila- 

 ments fringed, each with a round hairy head, beneath which 

 the capillary footltalk of the anther is inferted. 



4. B. tetrandra. Tetrandrons Boronia. Labill. Nov. 

 Holl. v. 1. 98. t. 125. Poiret n. 2. — Leaves pinnate; 

 leaflets obtufe, fmooth. Flowers folitary, axillary, on fhort 

 recurved ftalks. Four of the (tamens awl-fhaped, without 

 anthers. — Gathered by the fame botanilt in Lewin's land, 

 on the fouth coaft of New Holland. This fhrub is a cubit 

 high and hairy, except the leaflets, which are of a very nar- 

 row obovate figure, obtufe and entire, about the fize and 

 number of the lalt. Flowers drooping, on fhort axillary 

 italks. Four of the Jilaments, oppofite to the petals, are 

 fomewhat club-lhaped, and bear the anthers on ftalks below 

 the fummit ; the re 11, oppofite to the calyx, are awl-fhaped, 

 rather longer, dcftitute of anthers or their llalks. 



Sett. 2. Leaves Jimple. 



5. B. ferrulata. Rofe-fcented Boronia. Sm. Tr. 292. 

 t. 5. — Leaves rhomboid, acute ; unequally lerrated in the 

 upper part. Flower-ftalks aggregate, terminal. Fila- 

 ments heart-fhaped and hifpid at the fummit. — Gathered 

 near Port Jackfon, New South Wales, by John White, 

 MD., to whom we are obliged for fpecimens and coloured 

 drawings. A very elegant, fmooth, much bvmchedjhrub, 

 four feet high, not yet introduced into our green-houfes, 

 though few can be more worthy of cultivation. The leaves 

 are oppofite, numerous, rather crowded, hardly an inch 

 long, fomewhat oblique, entire, and tapering towards the 

 bafe, fharply ferrated or toothed above ; fmooth on both 

 fides, minutely dotted, with fcarcely any traces of ribs or 

 veins ; their colour often purplifh ; their flavour approach- 

 ing to that of turpentine. Flowers of a beautiful red, many 

 together, in terminal corymbole clufters ; their fize rather 

 exceeding that of the firfl fpecies, and their fcent faid to re- 

 femble the fragrance of a rofe. The Jilaments are red, 

 fringed with pale hairs chiefly at the bafe, each terminating 

 in a globular, emarginate knob, covered with white pro- 

 miuent hairs, and largelt in the four longer ftamens. The 

 anthers Hand, each on a deflexed flalk, below this knob. 

 Style very fliort. Seeds two in each elaflic tunic. 



6. B. crenulata. Small-leaved notched Boronia. Sm. 

 Tranf. of Linn. Soc. v. 8. 284. — Leaves obovate, with a 

 fmall point, finely crenate. Stalks fingle-flowered, axil- 

 lary, and terminal. Filaments obtufe and glandular at the 



fummit Gathered at King George's found, by Mr. 



Menzies, with the fecond fpecies. This appears at firfl 

 like a flender delicate variety of the ferrulata, the leaves 

 being about one-third the fize of that fpecies ; but they are 

 obovate, minutely crenate, not fharpiy toothed. The 



flowers efTentially differ, being much fmaller, axillary, as 

 well as terminal, and all folitary, on bradeated angular 



Jlalks, fhorter than the leaves. Calyx fringed. Filaments 

 denfely fringed throughout, obtufe, but not inverfely heart- 

 fhaped, at the top, neither are they briftly, though glan- 



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dular, there ; below the fummit they are tumid and in* 

 flexed ; and the footflalks of the anthers are nearly ter- 

 minal. 



7. B. denticulata. Narrow-leaved toothed Boronia. Sm. 

 Tranf. of Linn. Soc. v. 8. 284. — Leaves linear, toothed. 

 Flower-ilalks corymbofe. Filaments obtufe and glandular 

 at the fummit. — Found by Mr. Menzies with the lad. A 

 branched, fmooth, ereft fhrub, with longer, and much 

 narrower, leaves than in a»iy othep known fpecies of this 

 genus, their margins regularly, and rather llrongly, but 

 obtufely^ toothed ; their bafe tapering down into a fort of 



fcotjlalh. Flowers in axillary or terminal fmooth corymbs, 

 with fmall deciduous braSeas. Calyx fmooth. Petals of a 

 pale rofe-colour, with a dark red rib, their fize not much 

 above half th.it of the B. pinnata. Filaments but (lightly 

 fringed, their fummits obtule and glandular, but not hairy. 

 Anthers on lateral horizontal ftalks. 



8. B. parviflora. Pale-flowered Boronia. Sm. Tr. 295. 

 t. 6. — Leaves obovato-lanceolate, obfeurely crenate. Stalks 

 aggregate, terminal, fingle-flowered. Filaments oblong 

 and glandular at the fummit. — Gathered near Port Jackfon, 

 by Dr. White, who fent us fpecimens and drawings in 1795. 

 A fmooth ereft fhrub, a foot or more in height, molt 

 branched and leafy at the top. Leaves obovate, or elliptic- 

 lanceolate, oppofite, as in all the preceding fpecies of the 

 prefent feClion, hardly an inch long, (lightly crenate, chiefly 

 towards the end, fmooth dotted, veinlefs, a little aromatic. 

 Flower-Jlalks fmooth, fimple, club-fhaped, three together 

 at the iummit of each branch, with two axillary ones occa- 

 fionally from the adjoining pair of leaves. Sometimes one 

 or two leafy branches are extended beyond the inflorefcence. 

 BraSeas two or four, ovate, concave, fmooth, at the com- 

 mon bafe of the ftalks. Flowers fmall. Calyx purplifh, 

 half as long as the petals, which are ovate, pointed, pale 

 blufh-coloured, with a red mid-rib. Filaments pink, fringed 

 with white hairs, and terminating in an oblong, obtufe, 

 fmall, (lightly glandular, but not hairy, appendage, below 

 which the anther projects laterally, on a horizontal flalk. 



9. B. pilonema. Single-flowered Boronia. Labill. Nov. 

 Holl. v. i. 98. t. 126. Poiret n. 3. — Leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, entire. Stalks terminal, folitary, fingle-flowered, 

 without brafteas. Filaments fmooth, their fummit very 

 fhort. — Found by Labillardiere, at cape Van Diemen. 

 The root is knotty at the fummit, producing feveral upright, 

 fimple, round, rather fhrubby, Jlems, about half a foot 

 high. Leaves oppofite or thrse together, dotted, not an 

 inch long, entire, acute, without rib or veins. Flower- 

 Jlalks ereft, fwelling upwards, longer than the leaves, naked. 



Flowers about the fize of the laft. Calyx fmooth, nearly as 

 long as the petals. Filaments awl-fhaped, fmooth, fimple, 

 their minute points hardly extended beyond the infertion of 

 the little (talk of the anther, which however is marginal, or 

 lateral. The author fufpefted this plant to be very nearly 

 related to the laft, from which neverthelefs he rightly diftin- 

 guifhes it by the folitary Jlowers, unaccompanied by braSeas, 

 and the fmooth Jlamens, whofe points fcarcely project above 

 the fpot where the anther is inferted, fo that the latter 

 Hands above the filament, like a little hat, or cap ; a cir- 

 cumflance perhaps alluded to in the name. The habit of 

 this fpecies, particularly the root, feems mofl to refemble 

 the following. 



10. B. polygalifolia. Milkwort-leaved Boronia. Sm. 

 Tr. 297. t. 7. — Leaves linear-lanceolate, entire. Stalks 

 axillary, folitary, fingle-flowered, much fhorter than the 

 leaves. Filaments hairy, their fummit fhort and blunt.— 

 Native of the neighbourhood of Port Jackfon. The root is 

 woody and knotty like the lalt, throwing up many Jlems, 



which 



