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in small bristles. They are also roughly furred on the under side, the hairs being crooked and all set one way, so 
as to occasion an unpleasant feeling when the hand is drawn against the grain. The species is a native of New 
Holland, from the Blue Mountains, whence it was introduced in 1814. It is rather more tender than the 
preceding kind, and it flowers in March. 

OTHER SPECIES OF HIBBERTIA. 
H. PEDUNCULATA, Bot. Reg., t. 1101; Syn. H. CORIFOLIA, Bot. Mag., t. 2672. 
This is a very pretty little plant, with long slender stems, very small leaves, and abundance of small yellow 
flowers. It is a native of Port Jackson, whence it was introduced in 1821. 
H. CUNNINGHAMII Ait.; Bot. Mag., t. 3183. 
A twining shrub, with slender zigzag stems, clothed with smooth reddish bark. The leaves are two or three 
inches long, and narrow, somewhat clasping the stem at the base. The flowers are of a bright yellow, and very 
abundant, but they fall almost as soon as they expand. ‘The plant is a native of St. George’s Sound, and it is very 
nearly hardy, only requiring protection during winter. 
There are seventeen other species of Hibbertia, all of which have been introduced, but which are very seldom 
seen in gardens. ‘The flowers of all are very much alike, and the principal difference is im the leaves. 
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OTHER GENERA BELONGING TO THE ORDER DILLENIACEZ. 
CANDOLLEA Labill. 
There is only one species in this genus, viz. C. cuneiformis; a much branching shrub, which grows, in its 
native country (St. George’s Sound), eight or nine feet high. The leaves are wedge-shaped, and the flowers, which 
are small, are of a bright yellow; their greatest peculiarity lying in the calyx, which consists of five sepals, two 
of which are much longer than the others. This genus is named after the celebrated De Candolle. It was 
introduced in 1823. 
PLEURANDRA JZadill. 
A genus of pretty little shrubs; all natives of New Holland, and all having yellow flowers. They are peculiar 
in their botanical construction from the number of their stamens varying from five to twenty, but all growing 
from one side of the flower. Hight species have been introduced, but they are seldom seen in British green- 
houses. 
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MAGNOLIACE Dec. 
EssentiaL Cuaracter.— Parts of flower imbricate in the bud. | nected at maturity, one-celled, one or many-seeded, sometimes 
Calyx of three or six deciduous sepals. Petals three to twenty-seven, | capsular, and opening either on the under or upper side, sometimes 
disposed in a ternary order, in one or many series. Stamens indefi- | fleshy, indehiscent, sometimes samare-formed. Seeds adnate to the 
nite, free. Anthers adnate, elongated. Ovaries numerous, inserted | inner angle of the carpel. Embryo straight, small, inferior. Albumen 
in the torus above the stamens, usually disposed in spikes, rarely con- | fleshy. (G. Don.) 
Dxscription, &c.—All the plants belonging to this order are trees or shrubs, and they have generally 
ornamental flowers, and aromatic bark. The leaves are feather-nerved, and articulated or jointed at the base of 
the petiole. They are all natives of either Asia or America. The order is divided into two tribes, which some 
botanists consider distinct orders. 


