C 3905 ) 
KReEYSIGIA MULTIFLORA. MANY-FLOWERED 
KREYSIGIA. 
Se KKK KK RK EEE EERE 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—MeE.antuace2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Perianthium 6-phyllum, petaloideum, patens, quale, 
deciduum, foliolis, estivatione involuta, basi utrinque glan- 
dulosis. Stamina 6, receptaculo inserta. Anthere postice. 
Ovarium 3-loculare, loculis biovulatis. Semina abortione 
solitaria. 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
Kreysiaia* multzflora. 
KreysiciA multiflora. Reichenb. Icon. Exot. v. 3. p. 11. 
Tab. 229. Don, in Linn. Trans. v. 18. p. 522. 
Triptapenta Cunninghamia. Don, in Proceed. of Linn. 
Soc. n. 5. p. 46. 
A very pretty, half-hardy, herbaceous plant, with the 
habit of Srrepropus, a native of the Ilawara district in New 
South Wales, where it was discovered by the late Mr. 
Arian Cunnincuam, and introduced to the Royal Gardens 
of Kew in 1823. It bears its pleasing rose-coloured flowers 
in the summer months: they continue in perfection for 
some time, and are then succeeded by the somewhat pear- 
shaped fruits. 
Descr. Stem herbaceous, erect, flexuose. Leaves alter- 
nate, distichous, ovato-acuminate, striated, amplexicaul @ 
the 
_ * So named by REICHENBACH, probably in compliment to some 
Botanist of the name of KREYSIG. 
