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BILLARDIERA scandens.

Climbing Apple-berry.


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PENTANDRIA Monogynia.

Gen. Char. Petala quinque, foliolis calycinis alterna. Nectarium nullum. Stigma simplex. Bacca supera, polysperma.

Petals five, alternate with the leaves of the calyx. Nectary none. Stigma simple. Berry superior, with many seeds.


Spec. Char. B. pedunculis folitariis unifloris, foliis subhirsutis.

Flower-stalks solitary, single-flowered. Leaves somewhat hairy.





AMID all the beauty and variety which the vegetable productions of New Holland display in such profusion, there has not yet been discovered a propor-

tionable