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CORRJEA vircns. 

 Grecu Correct. 



OCTANDUIA MOXOGYXLi. 



CORRJEJ. Cal. monophvllus. Pet. 4, connivrntia. J nth. in- 

 cumbentes, 2-locula)res, longitudinalitcr dehiscentes. Caps, supera, 4- 

 valvis, 4-locularis, e valvulis inriexis. Stigma 4-iiduin. 



Fruticesyb/m oppositis, simplicihm, pubescentia stellari ; calvce cam- 



panulato, iutegro, derUiculato ; petalis in a/iambus comiatis, corollavi 



monopetalam simulantibus. Smith, in Jin. trans. 4. 21}). 



C. virens, foliis oblongo-cordatis ; corolla cylindriea, pendula : petalis 

 coh<trentibus; acuniinibus discretis, patulisque. 



Cornea virens. Smith, exot. hot. 2. 25. t. 72. llort. Kezc. ecL 2. 2. 



349. 

 C. viridiflora. Andrews'* reposit. 436. 



C. reticxa. Venlenat. maim. 13. LabiUardiere Voy. a la recherche de 



la Pey rouse. 2. 120. Persoon. si/n. 1. 41}). 

 Mazeutoxeron retfexum: Lai Hi 'lard. loc. cit. GO. t. ]Q. 



Erecta, rigida, ramosa, pube composite! ferruginea decidua inccqualiter 

 consita : rami axillares, oppositi, assurgentes. Folia brevissime pefio/afa, 

 mcmbranaceo-rigidiuscula, divaricata s. re/fexa, rugosa, subtiis tomentoso* 

 albicantia, margine obsolete dentata depressaaue, ad summum biuncia/ia : 

 floralia bina nunc ita rejiectuntur at includant fiorem inter se ad instar invo- 

 lucri. Flores terminates solitarii v.gemini : pedunculi breves, scepe instruct! 

 bracteis 2 oppositis. Cal. bilinearis y cupulatus, dentibus 4 minutis in margine. 

 Cor. uncialis, crassitudine pennce scriptoria;, caduca, viridis 9 albo tomento pru- 

 inosa ; labro brevi 4 lobo y lobis attenuates. Stam. in recept. germinis, exserta, 

 caduca : fil. alterna breviora ab infra curvata et cochleari-dilatata, intus 

 cavo nectarifero exsculpta ; reliqua sulcato-clavata : anth. ante anthesin viridi- 

 lutescentes. Germ, hirsutum. Stylus exsertus, perstans. 



This shrub, when four or five feet high and in full bloom, 

 which it usually is about November, forms the most singular 

 and pleasing ornament for the conservatory that we know 

 of, especially when care has been taken to top the branches, 

 so as to render it close and bushy. It is a hardy green- 



house-plant; easily multiplied by cuttings; thriving only 

 in peat-earth. Introduced by Mr. George Ilibbert, in 

 whose botanical establishment at Clapham it was raised in 

 the year 1800, from seed sent from New South Wales, of 

 which and Van Diemen's Land, it is a native. The Bank- 

 sian Herbarium has specimens from, both countries, in 

 which we perceived nothing that suggested the idea of the 



two plants belonging to distinct species. 



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