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LECHENAULTIA formosa. 
Beautiful Lechenaultia. 
ire 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Gooprnovim. R, Br. 
LECHENAULTIA. R. Br.— Calyx superus. Corolla tubo hine longi- 
tudinaliter fisso. Anthere subanthesi cohewrentes. Pollinis granula com- 
posita. Stagma obsoletum, in fundo indusii bilabiati. Capsula prismatica 
bilocularis, 4-valvis, valvis oppositis medio septiferis. Semina cubica vy. 
cylindracea, nucamentacea.——Fruticuli (raro Herbe) glabri, foltis angustis 
integerrimis. Flores axillares v. terminales, subsolitarii. Br. Prodr. 1.581. 
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Diy. I.—Fruticuli ericzfoliz. Flores axillares v. terminales. Capsula val- 
vata. Semina cubica. 
L. formosa; floribus axillaribus solitariis ebracteatis nutantibus, corollis 
bilayintis, glabt. Br. 1. c. Rom, et Sch. v. 5. p, 34. Sprengel syst. 
veg. 1.719. 
rupbalde glaber, multicaulis. ‘Ramuli gracillimi, angulati. Folia 
sparsa, linearia, triquetra, patentia. Flores aurantiact, e summitate ramu- 
lorum axillares, solitartt, nutantes, pedunculati ; pedunculo filiformi, foliis 
duplo longiore. Calyx 5-phyllus, patens, sepalis linearibus acutis. Corolla 
bilabiata, resupinata, hine (dorso?) fissa, tubo subcylindrico, glabro, intas 
versus basin hirsuto, 5-angulari, angulis cum laciniis corolle alternis, labio 
altero (superiore?) lobis duobus semi-elliptico-lanceolatis, acuminatis, conniiens 
tibus, altero (inferiore ?) lobes tribus, patentibus, unguiculatis, alte obcordatis 
apiculatis, binervibus, areold medid plane: lateralibus subplicatis. Stamina 
5, bast tube inserta, hirsutie tubt paulo longiora. Filamenta jfiliformia 
glabra, bast dilatata. Anthere lineares, ........ Ovarium inferum, 
cum pedunculo continuum. Stylus tube corolle longitudine, rectus, parce 
glandulosus, verstis apicem sensim attenuatus. Indusium purpureum, to- 
mentosum, cyathiforme compressum, bilabiatum. Stigma parvum, ora es 
sum, in bast indusii. = 
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This genus was instituted by Mr. Brown, in his Pro-. 
dromus Flore Nove Hollandie; and is distinguished from 
all the neighbouring genera of its order, and especially 
from Anthotium, by having each of the eranules of its 
pollen composed of 4 little spherical bodies; a minute 
but beautiful distinction. . 
