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MARIANTHUS, Hugel. THE MARIANTHUS. 
Nat. Orel. Pittosporacese. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Generic Character. —Sepals five, subulate, equal. Petals five, rather unequal, unguiculate, 
the claws channelled, conniving into a tube; limb spreading, recurved. Stamens five, 
rather declinate, at length diverging, shorter than the corolla, rather unequal in length. 
Filaments subulate, glabrous; anthers deeply sagittate, 2-celled, emarginate at the base, 
fixed by the back, at length recurved; cells dehiscing longitudinally. Ovarium sessile, 
elongated, compressed. Ovulae numerous, horizontal, in two series. Styles subulate ; 
stigma obsoletely-emarginate. Fruit capsular, elongated, compressed, terminated by the 
persistent style, 2-celled. Seeds somewhat globular, or angular, smooth. 
Description, &c. —The plants belonging to this genns are all small 
shrubs, with twining branches, natives of New Holland and Van Diemen’s 
Land, but found principally near the Swan River. The species have all 
pretty flowers, which are produced in corymbs on long naked peduncles ; 
thus marking one striking difference between this genus and another 
Australian genus, called Campylanthera , or Pronaya , to which it is very 
nearly allied, but the corymbs of which are on very short peduncles. The 
Marianthus also has each petal of its flowers furnished with a rather long 
and deeply channelled claw, while the petal of Campylanthera either has 
a very short claw, or is quite sessile; and the ovary of Marianthus is 
smooth, with an indentation round it at a short distance from the base, 
while the ovary of Campylanthera is hairy and cylindrical, without any 
indentation. The fruit of the latter genus is a berry, and that of Marian¬ 
thus is a capsule. The genus Campylanthera was called so by Sir. W. J. 
Hooker; but it is probable that the name will not be allowed to stand, 
as that of Vronaya had been previously applied to it by Professor 
Endlicher of Vienna, and as the name of Campylanthera was applied to 
another genus, belonging to Bombacece , long ago. 
MARIANTHUS ? C.ERULEO-PUNCTATUS VAR., L. K. $ O. THE BEAU¬ 
TIFUL MARIANTHUS. 
Engraving. —Our Plate 7, under the name of Campylanthera elegans. 
Specific Character. —Leaves entire, silky. Cymes many-flowered. 
Description, &c. —Though I have affixed the name of Marianthus to 
this plant, I am by no means certain that it is correct. All I know is, that 
it is not a Campylanthera cceruleo-punctatus , as it has a long peduncle to 
the cyme of flowers, and as the ovary is smooth, and not cylindrical, but 
tapering to a point, with a deep indentation round it at some distance 
from the base. It is thus evidently a Marianthus , but it does not appear 
to be M. cceruleo-punctatus , as that plant has but few flowers in each, 
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