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~~ PorTLANDIA GRANDIFLORA. GREAT- 
- FLOWERED PORTLANDIA. ee 
JEM eiieeieaaek 
Clafs and Order. : 
‘ PENTANDRIA Monoeynlia. 
Generic Charaéer. : 
Cor. clavato-infundibuliformis. Anthere 4-6. longitudinales, 
Cap/. 5-gona, 2-valvis, retufa, 2-locularis, poly{perma, co- 
ronata calyce 5-phyllo. | 
: Specific CharaGer and Synonyms. re 
PORTLANDIA grandiflora floribus pentandris. Linn. Syf. 
Veg. ed. 44. Murr. 2.219: Ait. Kew. 2 te. 
p- 228. foliis ovatis. Sy/t, Nat. ed. 13. 
- Gmel. p. 360. : 
- PORTLANDIA grandifiora floribus pentandris, — capfulis 
“f ovatis, foliis oblongis acuminatis. Swarlz. 
Ob. Bot. p. 69. 
Dr. Brown, in his Natural Hiftory of Jamaica, gives to 
this genus the name of Portlandia, in honour of the Duchels 
‘Dowager of PorrLann, who employed many of the Jeifure 
hours of a long and happy life, in the purfuits of natural 
_ hiftory, in which fhe was eminently fkilled—She was the 
_ friend and patron of Mr. Licutroort, who dedicates to her 
his Flora Scotica; the fine colle&tion of rare and valuable trees” 
and fhrubs which enrich part of the grounds at Bulftrode, were 
of her planting. — | Se et ey 
_ Dr. Swartz, in his Obfervations on the Plants of the 
Weft-Indies, informs us, that this fpecies grows wild in Ja- 
maica, where (iucolit calcareofa petrofa) it inhabits calcareous: 
tocky places*, forms a {mall tree about the height of fix feet, 
and flowers from the middle of Summer to Autumn ; its bark, 
obferves, as in other plants of the fame genus, is extremel 
itter. coer ae 
__ From Mr, Arron we learn, that it was introduced here 
by - Exuis, Efg. in 1775. a . 
It forms a very beautiful ftove plant, not of difficult growth, 
and readily difpofed to flower; we have feen blowing plants: 
of it little more than a foot high; its bloffoms are-not only 
uncommonly large, fhewy, and curious im their ftructure, but 
fragrant alfo, and very much fo when dried.’ , 
It is ufually increafed by cuttings. Se 
~ * We with that every perfon who defcribes foreign plants on the fpot, bes 
do thus ; it would greatly facilitate their culture. en 
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