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CLIANTHUS carneus. 
Flesh-coloured Glory Pea. 
DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. LeGuminos, § PAPILIONACEA. 
CLIANTHUS. Botanical Register, vol. 21. fol. 1775. 
C. carneus ; foliolis 2-3-jugis ovatis lucidis glaberrimis, racemis erectis pauci- 
floris, vexillo recto obtusiusculo. 
Clianthus carneus. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. no. 7. 
Streblorhiza speciosa. Endlicher prodr. fl. Norfolk. 92. 
Under the name of Streblorhiza, a word formed from 
arpeBros bent, and pra a root, in allusion to the radicle of 
the embryo being twice bent upon the back of the cotyledons, 
this plant was originally described by Dr. Endlicher, after a 
drawing made by Mr. Ferdinand Bauer on Philip’s Island, a 
small rock off the coast of Norfolk Island. When it was first 
raised in Europe it continued to bear that name, until it 
flowered, when it was found to be identical with the now well 
known genus Clianthus, as Dr. Endlicher himself suspected. 
It has therefore become necessary to alter the name first 
given it. 
By some of those interested in the sale of such plants the 
beauty of the species was at first greatly exaggerated, and 
consequently when it did flower so much disappointment was 
felt that its real merits were overlooked. I trust the accom- 
panying figure will set that matter at rest ; and show that if 
inferior to Clianthus puniceus, it is still a species well worth 
cultivation as a twiner. It flowers well in a cold conserva- 
tory, has good evergreen leaves, and would in all probability 
prove well adapted to training over moveable trellises. 
It is easily cultivated, only requiring a rather strong rich 
soil and plenty of room to grow; it will then flower freely ; 
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