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BORONIA serrulata. 
Rose-coloured Boronia. 

Linnean Class & Order. OCTANDRIA (raro TETRANDRIA) MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. RUTACE. DC. prodr.1. p. 709. 
Tribus I. DiosmeE&. Petala 3-5 a basi libera, equali et corallam regularem 
constituentia. Semina albuminosa. 
BORONIA. Calyx 4-fidus persistens. Petala 4 ovata persistentia, Stamina 8, 
rarils 4 sepalis opposita antherifera, 4 altera abortiva, filamentis ciliatis incurvis. 
Styli 4 erecti approximati aut inter se coaliti. Curpella 4 bivalvia introrsim connata 
in capsulam 4-lobam 4-locularis, Semina in locula subsolitaria ovata compressa, Em- 
bryo rectus in albumino carnoso, radicula infera ex Gertn.f. fr. 3. p. 156. ¢, 211.—Fru- 
tices Nove Hollandie. Folia opposita. Pedunculi axillares. Flores sepitis purpurascen- 
tes, DC. prodr.1, p.72)]. 
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B. serrulata, foliis trapeziformibus acutis anticé serrulatis glabris punctato-glandulosis, 
pedunculis adgregatis terminalibus. DC. prodr.1. p.721. 
Boronia serrulata. Smith linn. trans.8. p. 284. Tracts. t.5. Botan. regist. 842. Spreng. 
syst. 2. p. 215. Lodd, bot. cab. t. 997. 
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A dwarf bushy evergreen Shrub: branches smooth, rugged 
where the leaves have fallen, erect or slightly spreading. Leaves 
distichous, trapeziform, or nearly elliptical, acute, slightly twist 
ed, attenuated to the base, smooth, but dotted with numerous 
small dots, glandularly serrulate on the margins. Petioles very 
short, setting close to the stem, reddish. lowers terminal, 
crowded, from 4 to 12, of a bright rose colour, very fragrant. 
Bractes at the base of the peduncles, lanceolate, acute, of a 
membranaceous texture. Calyw 4-cleft, persistent, the laciniz 
lanceolate, acute, with membranaceous margins, spreading. Pe- 
tals 4, ovate, acute, slightly mucronate at the points, about half 
an inch in length, persistent. Stamens 8, inserted in the recep- 
tacle, all bearing anthers, every other one longest, opposite to 
the sepal, and bearing the largest anther, which contains the 
greatest quantity of pollen, but the whole are fertile ; filaments 
glandularly hairy, erect, the points curved inwards, terminated 
ina broad tufted head beyond the anthers, which are two-lobed, 
