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DiosMA SERRATIFOLIA. SERRATED or 
Saw-LeaveD DIOSMA. 
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_Clafs and Order. 
PENTANDRIA MoNnocyYNIA. 
Generic Charafer. 
Cor. 5-petala. Nearia 5 fupra germen. Caf/. 3. /. 5. coalite. 
Sem. calyptrata. ee : 
Specific Characer. 
DIOSMA /erratifolia follis lanceolatis glandulofo-ferrulatis, — 
pedunculis axillaribus oppofitis fubunifloris. 
It was in the green-houfe of Mr. Wurt.iey, Nurferyman 
at Old Brompton, that we firft faw this plant in flower, on 
the 25th of March 1799; previous to this period it had 
flowered in the Royal Garden at Kew, and fpecimens of it 
had been depofited in the Herbarium of Sir Joszeru Banks, 
under the name of Dio/ma /erratifolia. 
It forms a neat pretty fhrub, which is rendered more de- 
firable by its early flowering; its bloffoms are pure white, 
fet off by Anthere of a lively purple colour; the whole plant 
has a ftrong fcent very like that of Pennyroyal, but more 
powerful, 
This fhrub is one of the many which have been raifed 
within thefe few years from Botany-Bay feeds, is a green- 
houfe plant, of eafy culture, blows freely, and is readily in« 
creafed by cuttings. : 
Descr. Twigs fomewhat angular, reddifh purple ; Leaves 
oppofite, narrow, on very fhort footftalks, fpreading, flightly 
truncated at the extremity, finely toothed, a tranfparent gland 
in the angle of each tooth, befet on both fides with numerous 
glands, which projeét and give to the upper furface a manifeft 
roughnefs; Flowers from the ale of the leaves, oppofite, on = 
