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LAGERSTR@MIA InpiIcA. INDIAN 
LAGERSTRGMIA. 
a Cla/s and Order. | : 
PoLtyANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cor. 6 petala, crifpa. Cal. 6 fidus, campanulatus. Stam. multa, _ 
horum 6 exteriora craffiora, petalis longiora. vig 
_ Specific CharaGer and Synonyms. hg 
LAGERSTRCEMIA Linn. Syft. Veget.-ed. 14. Murr. p. 495+ 
| cor ee. Mant. p. 402. Lour. Fi. Cochinchin, 
Vv. 1. p. 340. Thunb. Fl. Fap. p. 224- 
Rumpf. amb. 7. p. 61. tab, 28. 
SIBI vulgo Fakudfitqua. Kempf. amen. 855. 
Of this genus, named in honour of *Macnus LacersTROEM, 
Direétor of the Swedifh Eaft-India Company, there is only one 
{pecies as yet known, and that a native of China, Cochinchina, 
and Japan; it is defcribed minutely by Tuunsere, alfo by 
Rumpuius, and very charatteriftically by Kamprer. 
According to thefe authors, in its native country it grows to 
the height of fix feet, or more, acquires a ftem the thicknefs 
of one’s arm, and produces flowers the fize of the garden 
Clove, which are very fhewy, no wonder therefore that the 
natives fhould be in the praétice of planting it about their 
 houfes and their gardens. ne 
The petals are curioufly crifped or curled, each petal re- 
fembling, in miniature, a leaf of fome of our varieties 0 
cabbage: Kamprer compares them tothe mefentery. 
The parts of fru@ification in this plant vary greatly in Din 
of number, and have no {mall affinity to thofe of the genus 
Lythrum. oo ee 
According to Mr. Arron, it was introduced to the Royal 
Garden at Kew, by Hucu, Duxe of NorTHUMBERLANDs 
IN 1759. ae : 3 
It flowers from Auguft to O@ober; but in the green-houley 
where it is recommended by Mr. Arron to be kept, it is not@ 
very ready blower,—in the ftove it bloffoms more freely. - 
May be increafed, without difficulty, from cuttings. 
* For an enumeration of the many advantages which Sweden reaped | 
this great promoter of Natural Hiftory, vide a rope the Aman. Acad, 
P- 230. entitled Chinenfia Lagerftroemiana, eee 
