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tered, covering by threes. Calyx perianth pitcher form, villous, 

 adnate to the germ, five toothed, with toothlets obtuse, erect. 

 Corolla petals five, ovate, concave, sessile, inserted into the 

 calyx, between the teeth. Stam filaments numerous (40) 

 thread form, united into five bundles (each containing from 

 seven to nine) much longer than the corol ; erect. Anthers 

 reniform, above furrowed, incumbent. Pistil germ turbinate, 

 growing to the bottom of the calyx. Style thread form, erect, 

 length of the stamina, stigma simple. Pericarp and seeds as in 

 the generic character. Growing by the road side, near a 

 ditch which is never quite dry. The leaves, when rubbed, 

 have a strong aromatic or resinous smell, approaching pretty 

 near to that of M. leucadendron. (No doubt M. leucadendron 

 var. minor). 



. Hypericon. 



Hypericon ? excelsum, H. (Doubtless Archytea vahlii). 



Arboreous ; flowers axillary, solitary, monogynous ; leaves 

 lance-ovate, alternate. It approaches near to H. altemifolium 

 (Yahl. Symb. 2, 85, t. 42). Only differing in the monogynous 

 flowers. 



Stem arboreous, tall, straight ; covered with a rough, ash 

 coloured bark. Branches near the top ascending ; branchlets 

 alternate, spreading. Leaves alternate, lance-ovate, pointed, 

 rigid, most entire, smooth. Petioles short, furrowed, above, 

 spreading. Peduncles axillary, solitary, one flowered, clubbed, 

 short drooping. Bracts two, very small, caducous, at the apex 

 of the peduncle. Flowers white, about an inch in diameter. 

 Calyx perianth, one leafed, five parted ; segments ovate, obtuse, 

 concave, coriaceous; the two outer ones smaller. Corolla 

 petals five, ovate, obtuse, concave, spreading; smooth, sessile. 

 Stamens filaments numerous (45) thread form, erect, very short; 

 united, into five bundles, which join at the base into one circle ; 

 Anthers oblong, four angled, pointed, erect villous. Pistil germ 

 above, ovate, villous ; Style erect, subulate, longer than the 

 Stamina ; Stigma simple. Berry ? (or perhaps a capsule, as 

 I did not see it ripe) ovate, two and three celled. Seeds : 



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