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This beautiful plant is of late introduction; the first time
we heard of it was in the year 1824, at Mr. Lee’s Nursery,
who most probably introduced i t : when in flower or bud it
is readily distinguished from all its congeners, by its drooping
panicle before the flowers expansion, and also when in
bloom by its broad imbricate petals; it is a fine stately plant,
and in the collection of Robert Barclay, Esq. at Bury-hill,
where it was planted in a bed of peat mould, it had attained
an amazing height and size, and made a magnificent appearance
when covered with its splendid flowers, which are also
very fragrant; and from a specimen sent us from his rich
collection, the present figure was mad e; we also received
fine specimens of it afterwards from the Nursery of Messrs.
Young, at Epsom, and a plant of it from Mr. Wheeler’s Nursery,
at Warminster, who, we believe, has one of the first
collections of this genus in the country, the different species
of which are very desirable, as many of them come into
flower in the Autumn, when most of the other flowers are
over for the season.
For the derivation of the generic name, see folio 7, series
2.
1. Calyx. 2. Tube of the Corolla spread open, to show the insertion of the 5 Stamens,
3. Ovarium, terminated by the Style and trifid Stigma.