( 3982 ) 

 Saurauja spectabilis. Showy Saurauja. 



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Class and Order. 



POLYANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Ternstrcemiace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx extus ebracteolatus. Petala sepal is alterna basi 

 plus minus inter se in corollam monopetalam coalita. Sta- 

 mina nuinerosa, imae corollae adherentia. Anthera dorso 

 insertae incumbentes nee adnatae. Styli 3 — 5 ex ovario 

 distincti. Capsula 5-locularis. 



Specific Name and Character. 



Saurauja* spectabilis; ramis pedunculis calycibus folio- 

 rum nervisque appresso-ferrugineo-setosis, foliis obo- 

 vato-lanceolatis brevi-acuminatis basi cuneatis petiola- 

 tis duplicato-serratis, axillis venarum nudis, paniculis 

 amplis ramosissimis, petalis obcordatis calyce duplo 

 majoribus. 



This fine and undescribed species of Saurauja was raised 

 by Mr. Knight, of the Exotic Nursery, King's Road, Chel- 

 sea, from seeds, imported from the republic of Bolivia, in 

 1838. One seedling only was reared, and this is now 

 (1842) twenty inches high, bearing seven branches, with 

 large and delicate foliage, and no less than thirty-seven 

 panicles of fragrant flowers, such as that here represented ; 

 some fully expanded, others coming in succession, so that 

 its beauty is of long duration ; and we scarcely ever saw 

 any stove plant more truly elegant and graceful. 



* So named by Willdenow, in compliment to some Botanist of the 

 name of Saura jo, but who is otherwise unknown to fame. 

 VOL. XVI. E 



