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work. Mr Zier died about the year 1796, perhaps rather 

 earlier, at no advanced period of life. — Sm. Tranf. of Linn. 

 Soc. \. 4. 216. Jackfon in Andi-. Repof. v. 9. 606. 

 Sims in Curt. Mag. 1395. Poiret in Lamarck Dift. v. 8. 

 859. — Clafs and order, Tetrandria Monogynia. Nat. Ord. 

 Ruiacea, JufT. , 



Gen. Ch. Cal. Perianth inferior, of one leaf, in four 

 deep, ovate, rather acute, equal, permanent fe^ents. Cor. 

 Petals four, ovate, pointed, fomewhat coriaceous, downy, 

 equal, longer than the calyx, alternate with its fegments. 

 St3m. Filaments four, alternate with the petals, awl-fliaped, 

 fimple, imooth, inflexcd, much fhorter than the corolla, 

 each inferted into a globular gland, projecting above their 

 bafe at the infide ; anthers terminal, roundifli, with a minute 

 point. Pyi. Germen fuperior, roundifh, four-lobed ; ilyle 

 terminal, ereft, columnar, the length of the ilamens, deci- 

 duous ; ftigma capitate, four-lobed. Peric. Capfules four, 

 connefted at their inner edge, each comprefied, abrupt, of 

 two valves and one cell. Seeds folitary, oval, comprelfed, 

 each enclofed in a horny claftic tunic of two valves. 



Eir. Ch. Calyx in four deep fegments. Petals four. 

 Stamens fmooth, each inferted into a gland. Style fimple. 

 Stigma tour-lobed. Capfules four, combined. Seeds with 

 an elailic tunic. 



We are acquainted with four fpecies of this genus, con- 

 fifting of fhrubs, natives of New South Wales, with oppo- 

 fite, (talked, ternate /ffli;fx, and white _y?owfr/. It is allied 

 to Boronia, (fee RuTACEa;,) as well as to Crowea, Eri- 

 osTEMON, CoRR.'EA, Phebalium, and Melkope, to 

 which we refer the reader. Zierta is effentially charac- 

 terized by the infertion of each of its Jlamens into the outfide 

 of one of four large glands, ftanding on the receptacle, at 

 the bafe of the germen ; as well as by the fimplicity of thofe 

 Jlamens, in the other part of their ftrufture. All the fpecies 

 abound with refinous dots on their lea-ves, Jlalks, and calyx, 

 lodging an eflential oil, whofe qualities are more or lefs acrid 

 and aromatic. 



I. Z. lanceolala. Lanceolate Zieria. Brown MSS. 

 (Z. Smithii ; Andr. Repof. t. 606. Curt. Mag. t. 1395. 

 Ait. Epit. 376.) — Clufters axillary, repeatedly three- 

 forked. Leaflets lanceolate, flat, acute. Branches and 

 ftalks warty. — Sent from Port Jackfon, New South Wales, 

 by Dr. John White, in 1795- It is faid by Mr. Alton to 

 have been introduced into the Englifh gardens in 1803, 

 where it proves a tolerably hardy green-houfe ftirub, flower- 

 ing in the fpring and early part of fummer, and may be in- 

 creafed from cuttings. The Jlem is bulhy, of humble 

 growth, being fcarcely three feet high, with round, pur- 

 plifh, leafy branches, rough with glandular warts, and when 

 young, befprinkled with minute, itarry, rigid pubefcence. 

 Footjlalks warty, channelled, near an inch long, deftitute of 

 fl'tpulas, each bearing three lanceolate, flat, entire, fmooth, 

 fingle-ribbed leajlets, contrafted at each end, the middle one 

 rather the largell, being two inches, or two and a half, in 

 length. Panicles oppofite, axillary, often two together, 

 fomewhat leafy, repeatedly forked, many-flowered, various 

 in length, fpreading, flightly downy ; their ftalks quadran- 

 gular, purplifli. Flowers white, each about the fize of a 

 Privet-bloftom, with yellow anthers. Capfules brown, 

 dotted with glands. Tunic of the feeds white and (hining. 

 We agree with Dr. Sims in preferring an expreflive fpecific 

 appellation to one taken from the name of a botanift, and, 

 therefore, as the genus in queftion was not eftabhflied on 

 this fpecies more than the reft, all, except the laft, having 

 been equally confidered, we are happy to fet the example of 

 an alteration, in which we can have no other motive than 

 propriety and common advantage. We had called this 



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fpecies multijlora; but we confider the fynonym in the Bo- 

 tanical Magazine as a publication of the unexceptionable 

 name given by Mr. Brown. 



2. Z. Uingata. Smooth Zieria Clufters axillary, 



three-forked, corymbofe. Leaflets linear, revolute. 



Branches and ftalks very fmooth Gathered by Dr. 



White, near Port Jackfon, New South Wales. The 

 branches of this pretty fpecies are quadrangular, and very 

 fmooth, like every other part, except the petals. Leaves 

 fmaller than tlie foregoing, with fomewhat of a glaucous 

 hue. Footjlalhs about half a quarter of an inch long. 

 Leajlets fcarcely an inch, acute, poHfhed, ftrongly revolute, 

 dotted with glands, and fomewhat tinged with purple. 

 Flowers a little larger than the laft, and much fewer, the 

 panicles being always folitary, much lefs compound, and 

 lituated chiefly towards the upper part of each branch. 

 The Jlalks are acutely quadrangular, and very fmooth. 

 Calyx brown or reddifli, taper-pointed, likewife quite 

 fmooth. Petals downy on both fides, like a piece of woollen 

 cloth. 



3. 2.. paucjlora. Few-flowered Zieria. — Stalks axillary, 

 with one or three flowers. Leaflets linear-obovate, fome- 

 what revolute. Branches and ftalks hairy. Segments of 

 the calyx lanceolate, taper-pointed Sent from Port Jack- 

 fon, with the former, by Dr. White, in 1795. A fmall 



firub, with flender, round, fcarcely quadrangular, branches, 

 which are more or lefs copioufly clothed with ereft briftly 

 hairs. Lea-ves about half the fize of the laft ; their leajlets 

 dilated upwards, and obtufe, a little crenate towards the 

 end ; copioufly dotted, rarely hairy, on the upper fide ; 

 fometimes very hairy beneath, but occafionally quite fmooth 

 even in that part. Fl-^iuers very fmall, often quite folitary, 

 on an axillary ftalk, with a pair of fmall acute IraSeas ; 

 fometimes there are three flowers on each ftalk. Segments 

 of the calyx broad at the bafe, but tapering fuddenly into a 

 long point. Petals minutely dotted with tufts of ftarry 

 hairs, giving them a warty, or granulated, afpeft. Capfules 

 tuberculated, fometimes hairy ; curioufly reticulated at the 

 infide. Seeds black, rather opaque, with a ftiining, white, 

 at length convoluted, tunic, whofe edge is minutely fringed. 

 The hairy and nearly fmooth varieties of this plant look 

 different at firft fight, but we cannot deteft a fpecific dif- 

 tinftion. 



4. Z. cytifotdes. Downy Zieria. — Stalks axillary, three- 

 forked, leafy. Leaflets obovate, entire, downy on both 

 fides. Branches and ftalks downy. — Native of New South 

 Wales, from whence we obtained a fpecimen through the 

 favoin- of earl St. Vincent in 1805. Whether this be Mr. 

 Brown's arborefcens, mentioned by Dr. Sims, we have at 

 prefent no means of knowing, and therefore we are obliged 

 to deferibe it by a name which appears to us very expreflive. 

 Every part is clothed with fine denfe foft pubefcence, ap- 

 pearing ftellated and entsngled under a high magnifier. 

 Branches round. Footjlalks half an inch long. Leajlets 

 about an inch in length, entire, flightly revolute ; their 

 upper fide peculiarly foft and velvet-like ; the under raoft 

 hoary. When held againft the hght, they appear full of 

 pellucid dots. Calyx very downy ; its fegments broad and 

 ovate. Petals about twice as long, and of the fame fliape, 

 downy. We have not feen the ripe fruit. 



ZIESAR, or ZlEGESAK, in Geography, a town of the 

 Middle Mark of Brandenburg; 18 miles S.W. of Bran- 

 denburg. 



ZIETZ, a town of the Middle Mark of Brandenburg ; 

 10 miles S.W. of Brandenburg. 



ZIEZAR, a town of Spain, in the province of Murcia ; 



22 miles N.W. of Murcia. 



Z ZIFIUS, 



