Boronia ledifolia. Buds, September 7, 2007. America Bay track.
Developing fruits (with persistent petals) of Boronia ledifolia. The Basin track, November 16, 2007.
The delight I have on being given a name seems to relate to some kind of primitive magic.
When I encountered the fruits of this boronia, I saw the sameness, and the difference and assumed the two were different. In being given the name, the flower was at once embedded into a whole history of scientific thought and discovery.
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