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Botanical Engravings of A. Poiret

ENGRAVING TEST NUMBER 59.

LOST ENGRAVING.

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Artist: A. Poiret. Del.

Notes by Charles Gaudichaud Beaupré.

BORAGINEAE ! Jussieu.

HALGANIA.

Calix quinquefidus, regularis; laciniis lanceolatis. Corolla hypogyna, infundibuliformis, quinquepartita ; tubo brevissimo ; laciniis oblongis, obtusis, patentibus, calycem superantibus. Praefloratio imbricato-subcontorta. Stamina 5, tubo corollae inserta. Filamenta brevia. Anthera ovato-oblongae, basi cordatae ibique atfixiae, erecta, cohaerentes, biloculares apice in appendicem linearem productae; loculis internè ad apicem foramine deshincentibus. Ovarium sessible, obliquè ovatum. Stylus terminalis, filiformis, stamina superans, persistens (!) Stigma simplex obtusum. Fructus obliquè tetragono-ovatus, coriaceus, bipartibilis ; segmentis bicularibus ; loculis monospermis.
Sermina (inmatura) lineari-reniformia, medium versus suspensa, parieti interiori affixa.
Fructiculus littoralis, ramosus, pilosus ; ramis sparsis. Folia sparsa, lanceolato-cuneata, subdentata, apice triloba, interdùm integra. Stpulae. Corymbi terminales, ebracteati; floribus caeruleis.

1. HALGANIA LITORALIS. Pl. 59.

In Nova Hollandiae orâ occidentali (baie des Chiens Marins).

J´ai consacre ce genre à M. l´amiral Halgan, comme un bien foible témoignage de ma profonde reconnaissance.

I have dedicated this genus to Mr. Admiral Halgan, as a good testimony of my deep reconnaissance.

NEW HOLLAND OCC. (BAIE DES CHIENS MARINS). AUSTRALIA.

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