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CoRRiEA PULCHELLA. PRETTY CoRRjEA. 



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 Class and Order. 



OcTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Rutace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx 4-dentatus persistens. Petala 4 basi subconni- 

 ventia aut in tubum longe coalita. Stamina 8 sub disco 

 hypogyno ? 8-glanduloso inserta. Ovarium 8-sulcatum. 

 Stylus 1 persistens. Capsula 4-cocca, loculis truncatis com- 

 pressis. Semina in loculis 2—3 nitida intus adfixa, cotyle- 

 donibus ovalibus extus connexis. — Frutices, foliis oppositis 

 integris pube squamosa (Hippophaes more) obtectis, pedi- 

 cellis l-Jloris. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Corr^a pulchella; stellato-pubescens, foliis breyiter petio- 

 latis cordato-ovatis obtusis undulatis adultis glabris, 

 floribus solitariis pendulis, calyce truncato vix dentato, 

 corolla tubulosa (roseo-cocciuea) fauce paululum dila- 



tata. m t i 



Corrjea pnlchella. Mackay in Sw. Fl. Australas. Tab. I. 

 Bot. Reg. t. 1224. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1684. 



For our plants of this very beautiful species of Corrjja, 

 the Royal Gardens are indebted to Messrs. Lowe of Clap- 

 ton. It was first introduced at their nursery in 1824, by 

 their collector, Mr. Baxter, from Kangaroo Island, on the 

 South coast of New Holland. It is among the handsomest 

 of all the species, and the flowers are well relieved by the 

 dark green foliage. With us, its copious blossoms are pro- 

 duced in a cool -reenhouse, during the early spring months. 



Descr. Thi* forms a firm, but gracefully growing 

 shrub, a foot and a half to two feet high, the decussate 



branches 



