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V E R E A ACUTIFLORA.
Pointed-Jlo-wered Verea.
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CLASS VIII. ORDER IV.
OCTANDRIA TETRAGYNIA. Eight Chives. Four Poiiitals.
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.
CALYX 4-phyllus. Corolla hypocrateriformis,
4-fida : tubo ventricoso. Nectaria A, ad
basin germinum. Capsulee 4, superae, 1-
locularesj pojyspermae.
E m t a l e m e k t 4-leaved. Blossom funnel-shaped,
4-sided : tube bellied. Nectaries 4, at the
base of the seed-buds. Capsules 4, above,
one-celled, many-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
V e r b a foliis lato-lanceolatis, oppositis, creiiatis,
crassis : floribus paniculatis, terminalibus
: corollis albentibus : laciniis oris acutissimis.
V e r e a with leaves broadly lance-shapcd, opposite,
scolloped, and thick. Flowers paniculated
and terminal. Blossom whitish:
segments of the border veiy pointed.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A blossom spread open.
3 . Seed-buds and pointais.
4. The same magnified.
T h i s new species of Verea flowered (we believe, for the first time in this country) in the collection
of the Hon. 0. Greville at Paddington, whence our drawing was taken. The foliage is compact, and
rather handsome. The flowers are by no means specious; but, as it blossoms in the depth of winter,
its rivals are but few. This considered, with the addition of its novelty, renders it a valuable acquisition
to the hot-stove.
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