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GENUS V. 
MARIANTHUS Hiigel. THE MARIANTHUS. 
Lin, Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Cuaracter.—Sepals five, subulate, equal. Petals five, | dehiscing longitudinally. Ovarium sessile, elongated, compressed. 
rather unequal, unguiculate, the claws channelled, conniving into a | Ovulz numerous, horizontal, in two series. Styles subulate; stigma 
tube; limb spreading, recurved. Stamens five, rather declinate, at | obsoletely emarginate. Fruit capsular, elongated, compressed, termi- 
length diverging, shorter than the corolla, rather unequal in length. | nated by the persistent style, two-celled. Sceds somewhat globular, 
Filaments subulate, glabrous; anthers deeply sagittate, two-celled, | or angular, smooth. 
emarginate at the base, fixed by the back, at length recurved; cells 
Description, &c.—The plants contained in this genus are all Australian. The flowers are very ornamental ; 
but only one species has been introduced. The name of Marianthus is said to allude to the Virgin Mary, because 
white is dedicated to the Virgin, and the flowers of the first species that was discovered were of the purest white. 
1.—MARIANTHUS CH RULEO-PUNCTATUS JZ. K. et OTHE BLUE-SPOTTED MARIANTHUS. 
Synonyme.—Campylanthera elegans Hort. Paxton’s Mag. of Bot., vol. viii., p. 247; and our fig. 1, in Pl. 9. 
Eneravines.—Ladies’ Mag. of Gard., Pl. 7; Bot. Mag., t. 3893 ; Spreciric CuaracTEer.—Leaves entire, simple. Cymes many-flowered, 
Description, &c.—A very ornamental climbing plant, common in the nurseries under the name of 
Campylanthera elegans. It is a greenhouse plant in this country, and it was first raised from seeds received in 
1839 from the Swan River Settlement in Australia. It is also found on the Darling Mountains. 
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OTHER SPECIES OF MARIANTHUS. 
M. CANDIDUS Hiigel. 
This plant, which is found among rocks at the Swan River, has white flowers arranged in long-stalked 
repeatedly di- or trichotomous terminal cymes. It does not appear to have been yet introduced into Great Britain. 
M. PICTUS Lindl. 
This plant has long, smooth, deep brown branches, which are very much divided, and oblong leaves, some of 
which are serrated, with terminal few-flowered cymes of white flowers striped with purple. 
GENUS VI. 
PRONAYA Benth, THE PRONAYA. 
Lin, Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Cuaracter.—Sepals five, acuminate. Petals five, sharply acuminate, spreading, sometimes unguiculate. Anthers free, linear, 
spirally curved. Ovarium oblong, hairy, two-celled, pulpy. 
Descriptiox, &c.—Climbing shrubs, with oblong leaves, and terminal corymbose flowers. There are three 
species known of this genus, all of which are decidedly ornamental, but only one has been introduced. The 
name is given in honour of Baron Pronay, a Hungarian nobleman. The genus has also been called 
Campylanthera and Spiranthera. 



