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P L A T E DCXLI.
P R O S T A N T H E R A LASIANTHOS.
Do-^ny-Jiowered Prostanthera.
CLASS XIV. ORDER L
DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. Two Chives longer. Seeds naked.
GENERIC
CALYxpost flovescenliarn clausus^utroque labio
integerrimo. Corolla monopetala, lanata^ringens
; antheris appendiculatis : baccae quatuor,
monospermoe: foliis petiolatis: pedunculis
lanceolatis, serratis : floribus paniculis
axillaribus terrainalibusque : ramulis oppositisj
quadrangularibus.
Habitat in Capite Van Diemen.
Lahillardiere Nova Hollandia, voi. ii. p. 18.
tab. 157.
C H A R A C T E R .
THE empalement after flowering shuts, both segments
entire. Blossom one-petalled, woollj,
gaping : chives with an appendage : berries
four, one-seeded : leaves with petioles : footstalks
lance-shaped, and sawed : flowers terminate
the branches in panicles from the axils
of the leaves : branches opposite, and foursided.
Native of Van Diemen's Land.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement, seed-bud and pointal.
2. The same as it appears after flowering.
3 . A blossom spread open.
4 . A chive magnified.
5 . The same shown from the inner side, magnified.
THIS fine plant is perfectly new to the British gardens, and the only species of a genus named and figured
by Labillardiere in his Nova Hollandia, or Description of Ne w South Wales.
I t was raised from seed in the summer of I8O7, in the collection of the Right Hon. Lord Grenville,
at Dropraore, who favoured us with specimens in full bloom, last June, 1811, being the first time of its
flowering in this country. His Lordship's botanic gardener informs us that the plant is about eight feet
high, and the stem one inch and a quarter in diameter ; that during the first year it had the appearance
of being herbaceous, but afterwards became woody; its growth is very luxuriant, flowering at the termination
of every branch, and seems as if it would thrive in any sort of earth, and was nearly if not
quite hardy, as the roots remained in the ground one year at Dropmore, and shot u p strong again in the
summer. It may be increased by cuttings, and will be found not only an acquisition in point of novelty,
but ornamental from its numerous light graceful blossoms, which possess an agreeable fragrance. 4
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