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CLETHRA ARBOREA. TREE CLETHRA, 
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Clafs and Order. . 
DecanpRiaA Monocyrntia. 
Generic Charafer. 
Cal. 5-phyllus feu 5- partitus. Pet. 5. Stigma 3-fidum. Cap/. 
3-locularis, 3-valvis: diffepimenta fimplicia, valvis contraria, 
Specific CharaGer and Synonyms. 
-€LETHRA arborea; foliis oblongo-ovatis acutis ferratis . 
glabris, racemis compofitis hirfutis ebraéteatis, 
etalis emarginatis. . 
CLETHRA arborea; foliis oblongo- lanceolatil utrinque gla- — 
bris, racemis f{piciformibus, calycibus obtufis. 
Hort. Kew. 2. p. 73. Mart. Mill. Did. n. 9. 
CLETHRA arborea. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2 p. 620. 
Descr. Svemarborefcent. Leaves fKatterdA! Rolllohig-vate, 
narrowing at both ends, ferrate, leathery, fmooth on both — 
fides, paler underneath. Flowers in terminal com ds 
racemes, without braétes at the time of flowering. Peduncles 
and Pedicles red, hairy, the latter filiform nodding. Calyx 5- 
leaved: Jeaflets ovate, concave obtufe, perfiftent, two inner 
Ones whiter than the others, Coro//a bell-fhaped, five-petaled : 
Petals wédge-fhaped, very obtufe, emarginate, white, external — 3 4 
ones tipped with red om the outfide. Stamens 10: filaments 
the length of the calyx, inferted at the very bafe of the petal: — 
Anthers horned at the bafe, reverfed as in Pyrola. Germen — 
nearly globular, hairy. Style ere€t.. Stigma trifid. Both the 
leaflets of the calyx and the petals are. entirely diftin&, which 
is unufual in the natural order of ee to which Clethra 
belongs. L 
This beautiful greenhoute itifub is a native of Madeira, 
where it grows into a tree, and is -called by the inhabitants 
Foruapa. Introduced to the Kew gardens by Mr. Masson 
in 1784, and is now by no means uncommon, being readily 
propagated by cuttings. We believe it has never been before 
figured. Flowers in July and Augutt. Our drawing was — 
_ taken at Mele, ieee and Brame’s, Old- Brompton, 
