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TAB. 4246.

FRIESIA PEDUNCULARIS. Jointed-pedicelled Friesia.

Nat. Ord. ELEOCARPEÆ.-DODECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Anthera 12 cordato-

Generic Character Calyx 5-partitus. Pet. 4 apice triloba.

oblongæ, acuminatæ, apice dehiscentes. Bacca sicca substipitata, indehiscens, 2-4-sulca, 2-4-locularis, loculis dispermis. DC. FRIESIA peduncularis. FRIESIA peduncularis. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 520. Hook. in Journ. of Bot. p. 250. ELEOCARPUS peduncularis. Labill. Nov. Holl. v. 2. p. 15. t. 155. orange spots at the base, and two orange dots in the sinuses of the lobes. In the centre of the flower is a large almost globose torus or fleshy disc, bearing the petals and stamens, and in which the ovary is partly immersed. Stamens twelve, hairy. Filaments subulate, the upper much incurved, and bearing the oblong anther, a little cordate at the base, acute at the point and there opening with two oval pores. Ovary small, ovate. Style short, but a little longer than the stamens. Stigma obtuse, obscurely lobed.

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Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Petal. 3. Torus with stamens and pistil. 4. Single- stamen. 5. Torus and Pistil:-all more or less magnified. Thrifty Whiskers An elegant shrub, from three to six feet high, with something of Myrtle-like habit, as seen in our gardens, and with copious, delicate, drooping flowers on pendent stalks. It is a native of Van Diemen's Land, and requires a cool frame or greenhouse for its successful cultivation. It is not improbable that near the coasts of the middle and south of England, this pretty plant may be found to brave the winters in the open air. Only one species is known: the Friesia racemosa of All. Cunningham (from New Zealand) being, as long ago correctly indicated by Vahl, a true Elaeocarpus. The genus was named by De Candolle in compliment to Elias Fries, Professor of Botany in the Uni- versity of Lund, and author of various Cryptogamic works, and other publications relating to the Flora of Sweden. in

Botanical Description A small shrub, with erect, brown branches, green

the young state, everywhere, as well as the foliage, glabrous. Leaves opposite, rarely ternate, lanceolate, acuminated, coarsely serrated, penninerved; from the axil of the branches are leaf- buds; and from these leaf-buds the peduncles spring about an inch long, slender, pendent, one or two from each bud, articulated below the flower, at length, in fruit, erect. Flowers pendent, solitary on each peduncle. Calyx deeply four-partite, deciduous; segments ovate, acute, pale green. Petals four, erecto-patent, longer than the calyx, broadly obovate, three-lobed, white with AUGUST 1ST, 1846. 2 G2