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GENUS IV. 
ERIOSTEMON Smith. THE ERIOSTEMON. 
Lin. Syst. DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Cuaracter.—Calyx five-parted, permanent. Petals five, | heart-shaped, appendiculate at the apex. Style five-furrowed, very 
marcescent as well as the stamens. Stamens ten, the five opposite the | short, hispid or smooth, terminated by a capitate, five-furrowed stigma. 
petals shortest, all shorter than the petals, free, flat, hispid, fringed, | Fruit of five carpels, which are joined together at the base, each con- 
tapering to the apex into a thread, which bears the anthers; anthers | taining one, rarely two seeds. (@. Don.) 

Description, &c.—The plants contained in this genus are all shrubs, with alternate simple leaves, sometimes 
ending in a hard point, and full of pellucid dots. The name of Eriostemon is taken from two Greek words, signi- 
fying a woolly stamen, from the filaments of the stamens being covered with soft woolly hairs. 
1.—ERIOSTEMON BUXIFOLIUM Smith, THE BOX-LEAVED ERIOSTEMON. 
Eneravincs.—Bot. Mag., t. 4101; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1881; and | ending ina mucro. Flowers axillary, on very short peduncles. Calyx 
our fig. 4, in Pl. 19. divided into five short acute lobes. Petals oblong-ovate. Filaments 
Spreciric CuaracTER.—Leaves spreading, sub-reflexed, ovate, obtuse, | hairy. 
Description, &c.—A very handsome shrub, a native of New Holland, resembling a box-tree when not in 
flower, but producing its handsome showy blossoms in April and May. It was introduced in 1822. 
GENUS V. 
CORRAA Smith. THE CORRAA. 
Lin. Syst. OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Cuaracter.—Calyx cup-shaped, four-toothed or entire, per- | if it were furnished with a calyptra. Style four-furrowed, smooth, ter- 
manent. Petals four, somewhat connivent at the base, or joined into | minated by a four-lobed stigma. Fruit of four capsular carpels; cells 
a long tube. Stamens eight, equal or longer than the petals; the four | truncate, compressed. Seeds two or three in each cell, shining, fixed 
opposite them shortest ; filaments smooth, awl-shaped, or dilated above | to the inside. (G. Don.) 
the base. Ovary four-lobed, densely beset with stellate hairs, and as 
Description, &c.—This is a genus of very showy-flowering shrubs, which may be easily hybridised, and from 
which, consequently, a great number of new kinds are continually being raised. The flowers of the species first 
introduced are not remarkable for their beauty; but those of some of the hybrids that have been raised are highly 
crnamental. The species are all natives of Australia. The genus is named in honour of a Portuguese botanist. 
1.—CORRHA ALBA Andr. THE WHITE CORRAA. 
Synonymrs.—C. cotinifolia Salisb.; The Botany Bay Tea-Tree. |  Sprciric Cuaractrr.—Leaves ovate, downy beneath. Teeth of 
Encravincs.—Bot. Reg., t. 515; Bot. Rep., t. 18; Lodd. Bot. | the calyx small, acute, distant. (@. Don.) 
Cab., t. 152; and our fig. 1, in Pl. 20. 

Description, &c.—This plant, when not in flower, has somewhat of a dusky appearance, from the leaves being 
covered on the under side with a reddish down, and having, generally, a cottony appearance on their upper surface. 
The flowers are nearly white, though the white is tinged with yellow on the outside. When drawn through the 
hand, the whole plant has a refreshing fragrance, like that of the myrtle. It is said to be used in New South 
Wales as a substitute for tea, but there is great difficulty in preventing the infusion from being too bitter. The 


