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C O R R E A SPECIOSA.
Showy Corroea.
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CLASS VTII. ORDER L
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eight Chives. One Pointai.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX monophyllus, quadri-dentatus. Corolla
4-petala. Stamina octo. Germen superara.
Capsula quadrilocularis. Semina quatuor.
E M P A L E M E N T one-leafed, four-toothed. Blossom
four-petalled. Eight chives. Seed-bud above.
Capsule four cells. Seeds four.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
CoKRJEA foliis oblongis, oppositis, undul^tis,
hirsulis, supra viridibus, subtus tomentosis,
ferrugineis : ramulis oppositis, alternis, ferrugineis,
scabre pilosis: coroUis bicoloribus,
acabris.
CoRB^A with oblong opposite leaves, waved, and
harshly haired, green on the upper surface
and downy and rusty beneath. Branches
opposite, alternate, rusty, and roughly liaired.
Blossoms two-coloured, and rough.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. A blossom spread open.
3. One of the chives.
3. Empalement, seed-bud, and pointal.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
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T H I S elegant species of Corrjea, a native of New Holland, is enumerated in Bonn's catalogue by the
specific title of speciosa, but has been overlooked in the new edition of the Hortus Kewensis. It is a
hardy green-house plant with brilliant flowers in great succession, and may be propagated by cuttings.
It requires an airy situation, and must not be too often watered. Our figure represent» one half of a fine
plant in the collection of Messrs. Colvilles,
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