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length. Calyx of 5 sepals, connected at the base: sepals
oblong, or olilongly lanceolate, scarcely acute, densely clothed
with a silky wool. Petals 5, wedge-shaped, tapering
to a slender point at the base, entire, clothed with a dense
silky pubescence on the back, smooth and glossy on the
upper side. Stamens 10, monadelphous, or all connected at
the base, 5 opposite to the sepals, and 5 alternating with
them ; those opposite to the sepals more than double the
length of the others, and very hairy, the short ones smooth :
filaments dilated a little at the base, tapering upwards to a
slender point, which is affixed to the back of the anthers :
pollen golden yellow. Ovarium 5-angular, densely woolly.
Styles 5, purple, clothed with long hairs, about double the
length of the stamens. Stigmas small depressed green heads,
warted or glandular.
According to Lehman, the present species is a native of
Brazil, and was procured of him for Robert Barclay, Esq., of
Bury Hill, by Mr. Hunnemann : it is a most beautiful species,
continuing to produce an abundance of its handsome rose-
coloured flowers all the Spring and Summer, when planted
in a warm border ; or if grown in a pot in the window of a
light room, nothing can produce a more elegant appearance.
The plant from which our drawing was made, was kindly
sent to us from Mr. Barclay’s collection, in full flower, in
May last, and its flowers still continue to be produced in
succession, expanding every flne day, and closing in the
evening: it must not be confused with O.floribunda of the
Botanical Register, that species not being Lehman’s plant,
but the O. ròsea of the Botanical Magazine.
The best soil for the present plant, is a mixture of light
turfy loam, peat, and sand, and, if grown in a pot, it will
require to be well drained with small pieces of potsherds,
that the wet may pass off readily ; if grown in a warm border,
it will require a little protection in Winter, to have a
pot or some other covering placed over it in severe frosty
weather, or the covering of a mat, the same as for other
rather tender plants : the best way of increasing it is from
seeds.
The generic name is derived from o?vc, sharp or acid,
from the acid taste of the leaves of the different species.
1. Calyx. 2. The 5 Petals. 3. The 10 Stamens, showing their different lengths, and
their connection at the base. 4. Ovarium, termmated by the 5 Styles, that are lipped
with small capitate Stigmas.
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