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CLEOME rosea. 
Rose-coloured Cleome. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Capparide*. . . _.. c 
CLEOME L. Calyx 4-sepalus patens subaequalis. Petala 4. Jorus 
subhemisphffiricus. Stamina 6, rartos 4. Siliqua dehiscens m calyce stipi- 
tata aut sessilis. Decand. prodr. 1.238. 
Sect. I. Pedicellaria. Torus carnosus subglobosus. Thecaphorum elon- 
C 0< ro”™ ; D h“rbacea inermis glabra, foliis Mbliolatis,in«mis 
3-foliolatis, summis ovatis sessilibus, ailiqua glabra thecaphon longit 
dine. Dec. 1. c. 
C. rosea. “ Vahl. ined.” Spreng. syst. 2.122. . » »• 
Annua, undigue glaberrima. Caulis erectus, ramosus, sesquipedalis, 
inermis, angulatus,altt sulcatus atrovirens purpureo hvido cobra 
longe petiolata, petiolis patentibus, sulcatis, purpureo colora is. P 
inferiora 3 -foliolata; intermedia quinata; summa simphcia. Fohotoovalt- 
lanceolata, utrinque acuminata, alte penninervia, vents su us c ' 
summa simplicia sessilia,in bractearumloco,cordato-ovata,obtusa.^ccmu 
terminalis, corymbosus, pedicellis Jiliformibus long is ngi is pa • 
Sepala ovata, acuminata. Petala rosea, limbo ovato, integro. 
carnosus hemispkaricus. Stamina subaqualia, patentia. 
cum, sub lente minutt scabrellum, in stipite Jilamentorum feri longitudme. 
Stigma ovario angustius. 
This beautiful plant was raised from seeds sent to t 
Horticultural Society, from Rio Janeiro, in 1824, by Mr. 
James M'Rae, a collector in the service of the Society. 
Our drawing was made at the Chiswick Garden, in July 
last. 
A tender annual, requiring the same kind of manage¬ 
ment as Browallias, and plants of that description. 
The flowers have a strong smell of elder. We did not 
discover aculei upon any of the plants we examined. 
This plant is quite smooth in every part. Stem erect, 
branched, a foot and a half high, unarmed, angular, deeply 
