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CORR^A speciosa. 



Party -coloured Correct 



OCTANDRIA MOXOGYXIA. 



CORR.EJ. Supra JoL 3. 



C. speciosa, foliis oblongis, obsolete ovatis, plains, apice rotundatis ; 



corolla cylindrica, erects; stylo infra medium pili3 radiato-penicillatis 

 bmbato. 



Corrsea speciosa. Dorm. cant. ed. 6. 100. Alton s Epitome. S6G. 



Andrews 9 $ reposit. 653. 



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dula, subsesquiuncialis, diametro p 



(supra fol. 3). Folia vera 

 ublongius pctiolata quam in ea, 

 itomo-trijlori. Cor. non pen- 



%fra saturate rosea, supra brevius vivide virens, ccetern 



cava, longiora infi 

 viricle. 



In general habit this species strongly resembles the Cokk.fa 

 virens of the third article of this work, hut has an upright 

 brilliantly two-coloured corolla, and a pubescent style. It 

 has been omitted in the Ilortus Kewensis. 



Native of New-South-Wales, where it was first found 



by Sir Joseph .Banks and Dr. Solander. Introduced in 

 1804. Like the rest of the genus, yet known, in our gar- 

 dens, it is a hardy greenhouse plant, and peculiarly suited 

 to the border of a conservatory, where it flowers freely in 



March and April soon after virens; and, as well as that, is 

 wholly without scent. A mixture of hazel-loam and peat- 

 earth is what suits it best. -Multiplied by cuttings, which 

 strike easily. 



We have seen specimens that have had a leaf « ith a 

 somewhat depressed margin and convex disk; ami others, 



as the present, where the leaf is entirely flat and slightly 

 assurgent, in which the marginal indentation becomes more 

 conspicuous. 



The drawing was made at Mr. Knight's exotic nursery, 

 Kings Road, Little Chelsea, in March last. 



c A detached flower, b A stawea. c The pigtil. 



