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RUSSELIA MULTIFLORA. MANY-FLOWERED 



RUSSELIA. 



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Gafs and Order. 



DlDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 5-partitus, laciniis apice fetaceis. Cor. 2-labiata : lab.fup. 

 cmarginatum : infer, trifidum : tubus elongatus : faux, pilola. 

 Stigma globofum. Capf l-locularis, 2~valvis. 



Specific Chamber and Synonyms. 



RUSSELIA multifiora; foliis ovatis acuminatis petiolatis, ra- 

 cerao terminali verticillato : pedunculis cymofis. 



The Russelia multifiora fends up many long Ample ftems 

 which are unable to fupport themfelves without afliftance, and 

 produce their fine fcarlet flowers in great abundance in clofe 

 whorls, towards their extremities. , 



It appears to us to be an undefcribed fpecies, differing in 

 feveral refpeBs, both from the farmentofa of Jacquin and the 

 rotundifolia of Cavanilles ; in the former of thefe the number 

 of flowers on the fame peduncle is only three, in the latter the 

 leaves are nearly round, cordate, and quite feffile, and flowers 

 grow in long fimple racemes, not verticillate. The colour ap- 

 pears, from the defcription, to be nearly the fame m all three. 



Native of the mountainous traB between Vera Cruz and 

 Mexico, where feeds of it were coMed by Mr. Cowan, 

 who prefented them, with many other rarities, to Mr. Lambert,. 

 in whofe flove at Bovton, in Wiltfhire, they flowered freely the 

 latter-end of laft fummer. 



