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ManuleaTomentosa. Woolly Manulea. 



Clafs and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA AnGIOSPERMIA. 



Generic Characler. 

 Cat. 5-partitus. Cor. limbo 5-partito, fubulato : laciniis fu- 

 perioribus 4 magis connexis. Cap/, 2-locularis, polyfperma. 



Specific CharatJer and Synonyms. 

 MANULEA tomentofa foliis tomentofis,caulibusfoliofis,pedun- 



culis multifloris. Linn. Mant. 420. Syjl. Veget. 



ed. 14. Murr. p. 569. Ait. Kew. v. .2. p. 356. 

 SELAGO tomentofa foliis obovatis crenatis, caule proltrato, 



racemis ramofis. Linn. Aman. Acad. v. 6. p. 90. 



Sp. PL ed. 3. p. 877. • 



PLANT A PM. Pbyt. 319./ 2. 



Linn'/Eus defcribes this plant in the Am£nitates Academic* 

 under the name of Selago tomentofa, by which name he continues 

 to call it in the third edition of the Spec. PL in his MantiJJa 

 he defcribes it more minutely, and changes it to the Genus 

 Manuka, firft eftablifhed by him in the faid work ; he obferves, 

 that in this fpecies the corolla is more regular than in the others. 



Mr. Aiton regards it as a biennial, its ftalk is a foot or a 

 foot and a half high, and woolly, its branches are oppofite, not 

 alternate as Lin n ,eus defcribes them ; in this perhaps they may 

 vary ; leaves oppofite, feffile, obovate, narrowing to the bale, 

 toothed on the edge, edge rolled back a little in the young 

 leaves, flowers grow in a long thyrfus, from two to five pro- 

 ceed from one common fhort peduncle ; they are at firft lemon- 

 coloured, or green ilh yellow, finally deep orange ; Linnaus 

 fays the whole of the plant except the corolla is woolly, the tube 

 of that even is hairy, the fegments are fmooth, with their edges 

 rolled back, the upper part of the tube in which the (lamina 

 are included is dilated fomewhat, as is alfo the lower part, fo 

 that it is narrowed in the middle. The flowers which make 

 their appearance from May to November are ufually fucceeded 

 by feeds, by which the plant is propagated. 



It is a native of the Cape, and, according to Mr. Aiton, 

 was introduced by Mr. Masson, in 1774. 



The bloifoms have a lingular but unpleafant fmell, not per- 

 ceivable at a di (lance. 



The variety of pleafant colours fo confpicuous in the flowers, 

 renders this 'rare plant defirable to fuch as aim at a general 

 collection. . 



