NAT. ORDER. 
PitfosporecE. 
SOLLYA HETEROPHYLLA. VARIOUS-LEAVED SOLLYA. 
Class V. Pentandria. Order I. Moxogynia. 
Gen. Char. Zeaues, five-parted. /*e/ff/s, five-parted. Anthers, con- 
nivant. Pericarp, biocular. Stigma, obscure, 
Spe. Char. Leaves, oh\ong. Petals, o\i\], obtuse. Sepals, five. 
This is a twining sh7nb, usually found growing from three to 
four feet high ; the leaves are oblong, glabrous, entire, or rarely sinu- 
ato-serrate, and shortly petiolate ; corymbs terminal, or axillary and 
opposite the leaves, of several patent, nearly campanulate, bright 
blue flowers ; the calyx is small, and of five ovate-acute segments ; 
petals oval and obtuse ; stamens and filaments five, short ; anthers 
subsagitate, connivant, opening at the extremity, bent for a conside- 
rable way down by a long pore or short fissure ; germen oblong, ta- 
pering upwards, and very silky ; st]jk linear ; stigma obscurely two- 
lobed. 
This charming plant, which has recently been ascertained by 
modern botanists to be the Billardiera fusiformis, was first discovered 
growing on Van Dieman's Land ; from there specimens were taken, 
and introduced into Holland and other parts of the adjoining country. 
It is spoken of by gardeners as being a highly ornamental plant, and 
is undoubtedly a great acquisition to the flower-garden. In Scotland 
and the northern parts of England, it is is said to thrive and grow 
well, and blossoms in the months of August and September. It 
grows in the open air without any protection, and the roots live 
through the winters of even that cold country. 
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