PASSERINA. 
cal, (lender, ventricofe below the middle; border four- 
cleft, fpreading : fegments concave, ovate, blunt. Sta¬ 
mina: filaments eight, briftle-lhaped, the length of the 
border, placed upon the point of the tube ; antherae 
fubovate, ere£h Piftillum: germen ovate, within the 
tube of the corolla; ftyle filiform, fpringing from the 
fide of the very point of the germ, the fame length with 
the tube of the corolla. Stigma capitate, hifpid all over 
with villofe hairs. Pericarpium : coriaceous, ovate, one- 
celled. Seed : Angle, ovate, acuminate at both ends, 
with the points oblique.— Effential Character . Calyx 
none; corolla four-cleft; ftamina placed on the tube; 
feed one, corticate. 
1. Paflerina filiformis, or filiform fparrow-wort: leaves 
linear, convex, imbricate in four rows, (three-cornered, 
acute;) branches tomentofe,-(flowers racemed. Thun - 
berg.) This rifes with a fhrubby ftalk five or fix feet 
high, fending out branches the whole length, which, 
when young, grow eredl, but, as they advance in 
length, they incline towards a horizontal pofition, but 
more fo when the fmall fhoots at the end are full of flowers 
and feed-veflels. The branches are covered with a white 
down like meal, and are clofely befet with very narrow 
leaves in four rows, fo that the young branches feem as 
if they were four-cornered. The flowers come out at the 
extremity of the young branches, from between the 
leaves on every fide ; they are fmall and white, fo that 
they make no great appearance. The feed-veflels are 
final!, and feem withered and dry. The tube of the co-- 
rolla is the length of the germen. The floral leaves have 
a wide membranaceous rim at the bafe, which is not the 
cafe in the reft. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
whence it was firft brought to the gardens in Holland. 
Mr. Miller cultivated it here in 1752. It flowers from 
June to Auguft. 
2. Paflerina hirfuta, or fliaggy fparrow-wort: leaves 
flefhy, fmooth on the outfide; Items tomentofe. This has 
fhrubby ftalks, which rife to a greater height than the 
former; the branches grow more diftufed, and are co¬ 
vered with a mealy down. Leaves imbricate, fliort, thick, 
fucculent, fmooth and green on the outfide, but downy 
on the inner. Flowers lmall and white, like thofe of the 
former, and appearing about the fame time. Native of 
Spain and Portugal, Provence, Italy, and the Levant. 
3. Paflerina ericoides, or heath-like fparrow-wort : 
leaves linear even fubimbricate, corollas globular. This 
has fo entirely the appearance of an Erica, that, at firft 
fight, no one would doubt of its being one. It has the 
Hature of the firft fpecies. The branchlets are pubefcent. 
The leaves fliort (like thofe of Erica), ovate-oblong, 
flefhy, oppofite, the floriferous one fubcordate. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. 
4. Paflerina capitata, or headed fparrow-wort: leaves 
linear, fmooth, heads peduncied, tomentofe. Leaves 
fcattered. Heads terminating, globular. Flowers many, 
white, feflile without a tube. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. 
5. Paflerina ciliata, or fringed fparrow-wort: leaves 
lanceolate, ciliate; branches naked, flowers fub-folitary. 
This has a fhrubby ftalk, riling five or fix feet high, 
fending out many branches which are naked to their 
ends, where they have oblong leaves, ftanding eredf, 
and having hairy points. The flowers are fmall, and 
come out among the leaves at the end of the branches: 
Linnaeus remarks, that the flowers are purple, with the 
throat villofe. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, not of 
Europe. The hiftory of this fpecies is extremely con- 
fufed, as the late Mr. Dryander has fhown in the Linn. 
Tranf. ii. 234. that excellent botanift and critic having 
been able to prove rather what it was not than wha't it 
was. The plant defcribed in Hort. Cliff, is merely Stru- 
thiola virgata, with which it feems three others are con¬ 
founded in the ClifFortian colleftion. The Herbarium 
ofLinnreus has no fpecimen. We can, therefore, only 
depend on Burmann’s fynonym, which Linnaeus uni- 
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formly cited, and which he has marked in his copy of 
Burmann’s book. Of this the young branches are fquare. 
We cannot learn why Willdenow defines the ftem as 
villofe; The leaves are feflile, oppofite, crofting each 
other in pairs, ovato-lanceolate, acute, entire, many- 
ribbed,. half an inch, or more, in length, fmooth, except 
a denfe filky marginal fringe. Flowers folitary, with a 
(lender tube, about twice the length of the leaf. Bur¬ 
mann’s figure has all the appearance of a Gnidium. The 
reprefentation on the preceding Engraving, fig. 2, is 
from Seba. 
6. Paflerina uniflora, or one-flowered fparrow-wort : 
leaves linear,oppofite, (lanceolateeven;) flowers terminat¬ 
ing, folitary ; branches fmooth. This has a fhrubby ftalk, 
feldom rifing more than a foot high, dividing into many 
branches, which are (lender, fmooth, and fpread out on 
every fide. Leaves dark-green, having the appearance 
of thofe of the fir-tree, but narrower. The flowers are 
larger than thofe of the former, and the upper part of 
the petals is fpread open flat; they are of a purple colour, 
and appear about the fame time as the former. There 
are eight ftamens at the throat of Hie corolla, and eight 
rudiments of antherae Ire concealed at the bottom. Na¬ 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. 
7. Paflerina anthylloides, or hairy-headed fparrow’- 
wort: leaves oblong, villofe; flowers in heads. 8. Pafle- 
rina fpicata, orfpiked fparrow'-wort: leaves ovate, villofe ; 
flowers lateral feflile. 9. Paflerina laxa, or loofe-branched 
fparrow-wort: leaves ovate hairy, flowers in heads, bran¬ 
ches loofe. Thefe were found at the Cape of Good 
Hope by Thunberg. 
10. Paflerina grandiflora, or great-flowered fparrow- 
wort : very fmooth, leaves oblong acute, concave, wrinkled 
on the outfide, flowers terminating feflile folitary. Na¬ 
tive of Africa. Recently introduced, fays Mr. Curtis, 
from the Cape. It flowered in 1794, at Mefli Lee and 
Kennedy’s, and forms a fmall neat fhrub, like Phylica 
ericoides. 
11. Paflerina Gnidia: two-ftamened, very fmooth; leaves 
lanceolate acute. The leaves are more rigid, and very 
like thofe of the Gnidia. Native of New Zealand, in the fil- 
fures of rocks, by the fea-coaft, and at the tops of moun¬ 
tains. 
12. Paflerina pilofa, or hairy fparrow-wort: two-fta¬ 
mened, hairy; leaves linear, blunt. Native of New Zea¬ 
land. 
13. Paflerina proftrata, or proftrate fparrow-wort : 
two-ftamened, hairy ; leaves ovate. Native of New Zea¬ 
land, on dry mountains. Thefe diandrous Pafferinas 
have the fmell of Syringa flowers, and are evergreen. 
They are not feparated from their natural genus, though 
the number of ftamens be lefs. The Struthiolte might 
have been referred to this genus, had it not been for the 
nedtaries. Daphne alfo agrees with Paflerina. 
14. Paflerina cephalophora, or great-headed fparrow'- 
wort: leaves three-cornered, in four rows ; heads woolly. 
15. Paflerina linoides, or flax-like fparrow-wort : leaves 
linear-lanceolate, fmooth, three-ribbed ; flowers terminat¬ 
ing, folitary. 16. Paflerina nervofa, or ribbed fparrow- 
wort: leaves lanceolate, fmooth, three-ribbed ; flowers in 
heads. 17. Paflerina fetofa, or briftly fparrow-wort : 
leaves lanceolate, fmooth, five-nerved ; flowers in heads, 
briftly on the outfide. 18. Paflerina ft rift a, or rigid 
fparrow-wort : leaves ovate-hirfute, flowers in heads, 
branches rigid. 19. Paflerina pentandra; or pentandrous 
fparrow-wort: leaves ovate-hirfute, fpike ovate termi¬ 
nating. Natives of the Cape of Good Hope, where 
they were found by Thunberg. 
Propagation and Culture. Thefe (hrubs from the Cape 
of Good Hope may be increafed by cuttings during the 
fummer-months, planted in a bed of loamy earth, and 
clofely covered with a bell or hand glafs to exclude the 
air, (hading them-from the fun, and refrefhing them now 
and then with water. They will take root in about two 
months, when they may be planted each in a fmall pot 
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