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pes 
( 1906 ) 
Fy : 
GRISLEA TOMENTOSA. Wooprorp’s GrisLEA. 
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Class and Order. 
Dopecanpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 4-fidus. ‘Petala 4, ex incisuris calycis. Filamenta 
8—12, longissima, adscendentia.. pe. oem supera, 
1-locularis, polysperma.. J 
Specific Character pie Synonyms. 
Canis tomentosa ; foliis sessilibus subtus— tomentosis, 
~ corymbis axillaribus patulis. Willd. Sp. Pl. 2. P. 321. % 
Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 2. p. 320. Bot. Regist. 30. tay 
GrisLEA tomentosa. Roxb. Corom. 1. p. 29" t: 21" 
Wooprorpia floribunda. Salish. in Parad. Lond. 42. ‘ 
Lyrurum fruticosum ; foliis oppositis subtus tomentosis, 
floribus decandris, corollis calyce, calyceque FB ge 
brevioribus. Sp. Pl. 641. Reich. 2. p. 427. 
467, 
hs aE 
This beautiful shrub was. considered by Linas P ea 
species of Lyrurum, to which genus it is certainly allied 
Dryanper, in Roxauren’ s Coromandel Plants, _ made ji 
species of ‘Canines, in which he has be n follo 
Hortus Kewensis. Mr. rece tad in 1 the | 
ae Joun ALexanper Wooprorp, i who was orahty 
a great cultivator of rare plants at Vauxhall, and to whom 
our gardens are still indebted for severa beautiful acquisitions 
from the Brazils, If it be really a “species of GrisLEa, we 
think that genus should be removed into the class of Do- 
decandria, where it would stand in company with Lyrarum 
and Cupnea, its nearest relatives. 
Native of China and of the East-Indies ; eben in the 
‘hilly country in the northern provinces. Propagated by 
cuttings. res to be kept in the stove. Introduced in - 
1804, by Me Witsaan Sauispury, of the Botanic Garden, 
in Sloane-Street, Flowers in May and June. 
