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PLATE DLXIX.
C E A N O T H U S L A N I G E R.
Woolly Ceanothus.
CLASS V. ORDER L
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chiv s. One Pointal.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
PETALA 5, saccata. Bacca sicca^ 3-loculariSj 3 -
sperma.
PETALS 5, bagged. Berry dry, three-celled,
three-seedfcd.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
CEANOTHUS foliis oblongo-lanceolatisj integerrimis,
subtus lanuginosis ; ramulis, pedunculiSj
petiolis, calycibusque liirsutis.
CEANOTHUS with the leaves oblong-lanced, entire,
and woolly beneath; the branches,
footstalks, flowerstalks, and calyxes hairy.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A flower,
2. A segment of the calyx^ with a petal and stamen attached,
3. Seed-bud and pointal.
T o New Holland we export criminals for our convenience and safety, and from thence import furs for
our covering and flowers for our amusement, So far the balance of trade is in our favour. But by
whose hands, or at what time, our present subject was first brought over, we have not been able to
learn. The specimen was communicated by A. B. Lambert, esq. in the beginning of April from his
collection at Boy ton, and we have also seen the plant very finely in flower at Mr. Whitley's nursery,
Brompton. Its woolly leaves and branches, contrasted with the Mimosas and other hard-leaved plants
from the same country, make an agreeable variety, and the early blossoms are very ornamental. The
plants we have seen are moderate-sized branchy shrubs, are kept in the green-house like other New
Holland plants, and require no particular treatment. We have seen more species from the same country
in herbariums, and some are now alive in this coimtry, although they have not yet blossomed.
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