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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



with pellucid dots. — Trees or shrubs, natives of the southern 

 parts of Europe, the Cape, and New Holland ; properties bitter, 

 and having a powerful odour. * 



ZIERIA. 



Gen. Char. (Tetrandria Monogynia?) Flowers inferior; calyx 

 four-cleft; corolla of four petals; stamens four, smooth, with 

 filaments inserted into a gland; style simple; stigma four- 

 lobed. 



Named after Mr. Zier, a botanist. A genus of pretty 

 greenhouse plants from New South Wales ; the species are 

 lanceolata, macropliylla, laevigata, arborescens, pauciflora, 

 hirsuta, etc., with white, and octandra with green flowers. 



BORONIA. 



Gen. Char. {Octandria Monogynia.) Calyx four-cleft, not falling 

 off ; petals four, ovate ; nectary coronate ; filaments ciliated and 

 incurved ; stigma capitate. 



This is a beautiful genus of greenhouse shrubs from New 

 Holland, with various-coloured flowers. The following are 

 some of the specific names : — serrulata, spathulata, tereti- 

 folia, crenulata, denticulata> joarvijlora, pinnata, alata, 



