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136 PERSOONIA TORO. 
DESCRIPTION. | 
Persoonia Toro, A. Cunn. | ir aie 
An erect evergreen tree, 15ft. to 30ft. high. Leaves alternate, glabr 
coriaceous, shining, 4in. to 8in. long, quite entire, acute or apiculate, a: 
obtuse, narrow, linear-lanceolate, narrowed into the short petiole. Flowers 
axillary racemes tin. long, pubescent, six- to eight-flowered; pedicels sho: 
stout. Perianth four-leaved, upper portion reflexed ; stamens, four, inserted ¢ 
the perianth-leaves, filaments short; ovary one-celled, ovules one or ty 
Truit, a red drupe, #in. long, with a one- or two-seeded nut. Embryo — 
three, rarely two or four, cotyledons. SP . 
EXPLANATION OF PLatE LXXIV. 
Persoonia Toro, A. Cunn. Natural size. 
