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TrOP^OLUM AZUREUM. BLUE-FLOWERED 



Indian Cress. 



Class and Order. 



OcTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Tropjeole£:. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx 5-partitus, lobo superiore calcarato. Petala 5 in- 

 aequalia, 3 inferiora minora aut evanida. Stamina 8 ab 

 ipsa basi libera. Carpella 3 suberosa reniformia indehis- 

 centia hinc sulcata rotundata. Semina magna exalbumi- 

 nosa, loculum suum implentia et hujus cavitati conformia. 

 DC. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Trop,eolum azureum ; foliis peltatis profunde 5-lobis, lobis 

 lineari-lanceolatis obtusis, petalis unguiculatis lato- 

 cuneatis bilobis serratis uniformibus patentibus, calycis 

 petalis duplo minoris calcare conico brevi. 



TropjEolum azureum. Miers. 



It does not commonly happen, that Genera that have 

 bright-red or orange-coloured flowers, also produce species 

 with blossoms of a blue colour. Leschenaultia was, for a 

 long time, only known to us with bright scarlet flowers, m 

 the instance of the L. formosa. At length, Mr. Drum- 

 mond sent from the Swan River Settlement a species bear- 

 ing blue flowers. We have all been familiar with Trop^ola 

 with red, orange, and yellow-coloured flowers and, recently 

 tubers of a species with blue flowers have been received 

 from Chili, and it has been the good fortune of Mr. V bitch, 

 of the Mount Radford Nursery, Exeter to be the first to 

 blossom both the blue Leschenaultia and the blue I rop*- 



OLUM. 



