Volume 10 — PLATE DCLIII. CORRÆA SPECIOSA. Showy Corræa.

CLASS VIII. ORDER I.

OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Eight Chives. One Pointal.

ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.

Calyx monophyllus, quadri-dentatus. Corolla 4-petala. Stamina octo. Germen superum. Capsula quadrilocularis. Semina quatuor.

Empalement one leafed, four-toothed. Blossom four-petalled. Eight chives. Seed-bud above. Capsule four cells. Seeds four.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Corræa foliis oblongis, oppositis, undulatis, hirsutis, supra viridibus, subtus tomentosis, ferrugineis: ramulis oppositis, alternis, ferrugineis, scabre pilosis: corollis bicoloribus, scabris.

Corræa with oblong opposite leaves, waved, and harshly haired, green on the upper surface and downy and rusty beneath. Branches opposite, alternate, rusty, and roughly haired. Blossoms two-coloured, and rough.

REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.

This elegant species of Corræa, a native of New Holland, is enumerated in Donn’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 represents one half of a fine plant in the collection of Messrs. Colvilles.