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HELLENIA caerulea. 
Blue-fruited Hellenia. 
MONANDRIA MONOGTNIA. 
Nat. ord. Scitamine.*:. 
HELLENIA W. Perianthii limbus interior unilabiatus, basi utrinque 
denticulo auctus. Filamentum lineare, ultrji antheram marginalem pro- 
ductum, lobulo brevissimo rotundato integro v. bilobo. Capsula Crustacea. 
Semina arillata.-Inflorescentia paniculata v. laxi! racemosa, caulem ter- 
minans. Foliorum vagina Jissa, ligulata. Brown prodr. 1. 307. 
H. ceerulea; labello emarginato, foliis integerrimis capsulaque colorata gla* 
bris, stylo hirsuto. Brown l. c. 308. 
Caulis erectus, simplex, glaber, rubro coloratus. Folia vaginantia, 
vagina Jissd apice ligulata, ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, glabra, concolora, 
basi intervallo brevi terete d vagina sejuncta, hinc quasi petiolata. Panicula 
terminalis, congesta, multifiora. Bracteoe ovato-lanceolatce, Jloribus brevi - 
ores. Flores pedicellati. Ovarium sphcericum. Tubus perianthii albus, 
limbo exteriore 3 -jido, mox sphacelato, interiore unilabiato basi utrinque den- 
ticulato, oblongo, rubro, emarginato , disco discolore fusco. Stylus glabri - 
usculus. 
Our drawing of this very rare plant was made in the 
garden of the Horticultural Society, in July 1826 , where it 
had been raised from seeds sent from New Holland, by 
Mr. Charles Frazer. We had never seen it in flower before, 
and believe the blossoms to be almost unknown on this 
side the equator. It is a robust stove plant, very easily 
cultivated in a stove, and propagated freely by division 
of the roots. 
It appears to us doubtful whether there be not more 
species than one in New Holland referable to the genus 
Hellenia. This plant has a style nearly smooth: Mr. 
Brown defines that which he examined, as having a hairy 
style. Our specimens in fruit, from “ thick bushes on 
the banks of the Hastings,” are at least three times larger 
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