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Hermannia Alth^ifolia. Marsh- 

 Mallow-Leaved Hermannia. 



Clafs and Order. 



MoNADELPHIA PeNTANDRIA. 



Generic Character. 



Pentagyna. Cap/. 5-locularis. Petala bafi femitubulata, ob- 

 liqua. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



HERMANNIA ahhaifolia foliis ovatis crenatis plicatis to- 

 mentofis, calycibus florentibus campanulaus 

 angulatis, ftipulis oblongis foliaceis. Ait* 

 Kew. v. 2. p. 411. 



HERMANNIA alth<eifolia foliis ovatis plicatis crenatis to- 

 mentofis. Linn. Syjl. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. 

 p. 610. 



HERMANNIA capenfis althaeae folio. Pet. Gaz. 53. t. 34. 



KETMIA africana frutefcens foliis mollibus et incanis. ConW 1 ' 

 hort» 2. p. 151. t. 79. 



The Hermannia altbaifo/ia, a native of the Cape, is a plant 

 of much larger growth than the lavendulifo/ia, rifing to the 

 height, if fuffered to do fo, of three, four, or more feet ; its 

 bloflbms are proportionably large, and of a deep yellow colour, 

 inclined to orange. 



It is a plant of free growth, much difpofed to produce 

 flowers during mod of the fummer months ; hence it is kept 

 very generally in colle&ions of greenhoule plants : is propa- 

 gated readily by cuttings. 



Was cultivated by Mr. Miller, in 1728. Ait. Kew. 



Our readers will fee, that the fpecific description of Li n n^us 

 has been altered in the Hortus Kewenjis, and that it now com- 

 prizes all the ftriking features of the plant. 



