“Saag; 
STRUTHIOLA ERECTA. SMOOTH STRUTHIOLA. ; 
Clafs and Order. . 
TETRANDRIA MoNOGYNIA 
- Generic CharaG&er. 
Cor. nulla. Cal. tubulofus, ore glandulis ‘8. Baeca exfucca, 
polyfperma. Linu. Mant. p. 4. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. 
2.165, = oe 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
STRUTHIOLA erefa glabra. Linn. Syft. Vegetab. ed. 14. 
: Murr. p. 164. Ait. Kew. V.1. p. 165. 
PASSERINA dodecandra. Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 3. p. 513. Amen. 
Atad. V. 4. p.%71- we 
PASSERINA filiformis. Mill. DiG. ed. 6. 4to. — 
PASSERINA. Burm. Afric. t. 47.f. 3. : 
The plant here reprefented appears to have been firft de- 
fcribed and figured by Burman, in his P/. Afric. under the” 
name of Paferina: Linn us introduced it in the gd edition _ 
of his Sp. Pl. by the title of Pafferina dodecandra; difcovering 
_ afterwards that it had in reality only four ftamina, and that 
_ the other eight fubftances, miftaken for fuch, were fo many 
glandular neétaria, he made in his Mantiff. Plant. a new genus” 
of it, by the name of Strutbiola, and affigned it the trivial name 
of ereGa; in the abbreviated generic defcription given of it. 
by Prof. Murray, an alteration is made in this generic cha- 
ra€ter, and what before was confidered as Corolla, is here re- 
garded as Calyx; no reafon is affigned for this alteration, and 
we are at a Jofs to account for the propriety of it. : 
Mr. Mixer, who cultivated this plant in 1758, defcribes 
it in his diétionary, and obferves very juftly, that though its 
branches when young are ereét, when loaded with bloffoms 
they incline to a horizontal pofition; hence the term ered/a 
becomes an improper one, and fhould be changed for one 
more expreffive. 
.This fpecies of Struthiola is a very common fhrub in our 
greenhoufes, will grow to the height of five or fix feet, 
and, though not fo ornamental as fome other plants, has the 
merit of flowering during moft of the year, and often in the 
depth of winter. — : S 
Is readily increafed by cuttings. 
