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 Hermannia Lavendulifolia. Lavender- 

 Leaved Hermannia. 



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C/^/y a»^ Order. 



MoNADELPHIA PeNTANDRIA. 



Generic Character* 

 Pentagyna. Ctf#/*. 5-locularis, Petala bafi femitubulata, obliqua* 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



HERMANNIA lavendulifolia foliis lanceolatis obtufts inte- 



gerrimis. Linn. Syjl. Vegetal, ed. 14. Murr. 



p. 611. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 413. 

 HERMANNIA frutefcens folio Lavendulae latiore et obtufo 



flore parvo aureo Boerh, Dill. Hort. Eltb- 



t. 147. 



The Hermannia here figured is a plant of humble growth* 

 forming a fmali bufhy fhrub, a foot or a foot and a half in 

 height, and producing numerous flowers thinly Scattered over 

 the branches, the greater! part of the fummer ; it is this difpo 

 fition which it has of flowering fo freely, that renders it 2 

 defirable plant for the greenhoufe, in which it is commonly 

 kept, and of which it is an old inhabitant. 



Dillenius has figured it in his admirable work the Horttis 

 Eltbamenjis, publifhed in 1732 ; hence we learn that it was 

 cultivated in Mr. Sherard's celebrated garden at Elthatf* 

 prior to that date. 



It is a native of the Cape, and is readily increafed ty 

 cuttings. 



