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CAMPYLIA blattaria.
Downy-leaved Campylia.
C. blattaria, umbellis multifloris, foliis ovato-subro-
tundis plicatis incanis holosericeis crenato-dentatis,
petalis superioribus subrotundis, filamentis pilosis-
simis, caule fruticoso erecto,vissimo obsoleto. foveo nectarifero bre-
Campylia blattaria. Nob. in Colv. Catal. p. 21. col. 1.
Pelargonium blattarium. Jacq. hort. schcenbr. 2. p. 3. t.
131. Willden. sp. pi. 3. p. 654. Pers. syri. 2. p.
228. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 4. p. 166.
Stem shrubby, branching, clothed with brown persistent
stipules. Branches short, erect, thickly clothed
with short woolly hairs •, flower-stalks elongated. Leaves
roundly oval, plaited, densely clothed with soft white
silky hairs, which give them a white shining appearafrnicneg,
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little flattened on the upper side, thickly clothed with
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isnogm eb reonwtirne ,a nodth erersm calionvienng opre rtsoiosttehnetd. , aPte dleunngctlhe st uvrenry
long, cylindrical, many-flowered. Involucre of several
lanceolate keeled acute bractes. Pedicles cylindrical,
curved. Calyx inflated, 5-cleft, segments unequal,
concave, obtuse, some nearly round or widely ovate,
others narrowly lanceolate. Nectariferous pouch very
short, scarcely any. Petals 5, the two uppermost
nearly round, of a bright violet colour with a white
spot near the base, and on one side of it is a short red
line; lower petals ligulate. Filaments 10, united at