Tracts relating to natural history / By James Edward Smith.

  • James Edward Smith
Date:
1798
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Credit: Tracts relating to natural history / By James Edward Smith. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    . The:plant of which L fhall now attempt a.idefeription’ was, when» firft: difcovered in’ New Holland, called by Dr. Solander Cunila fraticofa, becauleit anfwers'to the character of that.genus/as defined by Lin- nzeus. Neverthelefs, I cannot, help. dif- ‘fenting, from this great authority, as, the plant in‘queftion is totally different in ha- bit from every Cunila, bearing a much greater refemblance. at firft fight, though not on accurate examination, to Ro/ma- rinus. ‘This want of agreement in habit made me feduloufly examine the flower, and-I flatter myfelf the following charac- re will clearly eftablifh it asa new genus, — a iy 7 =| 7 = +? ~~ f a y SAAN AA at Thy Eto Sip WESTRINGIA. vinyl | _ Dipynamra Gymnofpermia. Eifel Charaéter. é ae ‘femiguinquefidus, . pentagonus. Corolla refapinata’: limbo quadrifido ; - lobo longiori ereéto, bipartito. ‘Svante diftantia ; duo breviora ane ri6ta) abortiva. : ht ee Be Calys