P L A T E DLXVI.
C A L L I C O M A SERRATIFOLTA.
Sawed-leaved Callicoma,
CLASS XI. ORDER IL
DODECANDRIA DIGYNIA. Stamens 11 to 19. Styles 2.
G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
FLOKES in capitulis subrotundisj pedunculatis ;
involucro sub 4-phyllo. Calyx 4—5-phylhis,
foliolis lanceolatis. Corolla O. Stamina
11—\ g , calyce triplo longioraj e receptáculo.
Styli 2, filiformes : stigmate
simplici : germen superum, monolocularej
polyspermum.
FLOWERS in little round heads, upon footstalks;
with an involucre of about 4 leaves. Calyx
of 4 or 5 leaves, the leaflets lanced. Blossom
none. Stamens from 11 to ig, thrice
as long as the calyx, growing from the receptacle.
Styles 2, thread-shaped. Stigma
simple. Germen above, 1-celled, and
many-seeded. x
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower.
3. Tlie same spread open, one tip magnified.
3. The seed-bud and pointals.
4. The same magnified.
CALLICOMA serralifolia is a native of New South Wales, and has now for several years in some choics
collections adorned the green-house and conservatory in early spring with its fine heads of flowers; but
to whom we are indebted for its first introduction we are uncertain. Some botanists have considered it
as a congener of Forster's Codia, to which it has certainly a considerable affinity; but as we cannot exactly
see the propriety of coupling an apetalous flower having so many stamens with one that is pentapetalous
and octandrous, and of which we have no description of the germen or frui t ; and there being
great probability that more plants of this family may be discovered in the vast tracts of New Holland
yet unexplored, we have rather chose to describe it as distinct, than to excuse ourselves by leaving it to
be separated at some future period and create more changes of names, a circumstance always to be deprecated
and avoided as much as possible by Naturalists. Callicoma is a middle-sized shrub with the
leaves finely cottony and whitish on the under side, and has considerable beauty even when out of blossom.
It is propagated by layers.
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