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 Tritoma Pumila. Lesser Tritoma. 



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CA?/} tfff<^ Order. 



Hexandria Monogynia, 



Generic Characler. — Fid. N um - 744. 



Specific Chara&er and Synonyms, 



TRITOMA pumila foliis diftichis, margine et carina permi- 

 nutim lei rulato-fcabrida ; caule breviore ; fpica 

 oblonga, confena; corolla curtata, cyathiformi- 

 carupanuiata. G. 



VELTHEIMI4 pumila. WtUd. Sp. PL 2 182. 



ALETR1S pumila. Hort. Keiv. 1. 464. Mart. Mill. Diff. 



This fmaller fpecies differs widely from the two foregoing; 

 in having the leaves arranged diftichwife or oppofite, and not 

 ambiently as in thofe ; in having a fhort corolla of a cup- 

 campanul <te fhape ; as alfo in fize, and time of flowering. 

 From media it may be known at firft fight by its leaves not 

 being glaucous; from Uvaria by fmaller fize and fhortnefs of 

 corolla. 



Found at the Cape by Masson, and introduced by him 

 into Kew Gardens in 1774. Blooms from September to 

 November. 



Our drawing was taken at Mr. Woodford's ; we alfo faw 

 it at Mr. Willi >ms's Nurfery, Turnham-Green ; it feeras 

 as hardy as the others. G, 



