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Capraria undulata. Waved-leaved 



Capraria. 



Clqfs and Order, 



DlDYNAMIA AnGIOSPERMIA, 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. campanulata, 5-fida, acuta. Cap/. 2-valvis, 

 2-locularis, polyfperma. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



CAPRARIA undulata i foliis (fub) oppofitis ovato-oblongis 



integerrimis undulatis : fupremis fubcordatis verticillatis, 



racemis fpiciformibus. Hort. Kew. v. 2. p. 354. Ed. alt, 



v. 4. p. 46. 

 CAPRARIA undulata i foliis fparfis inaequaliter approximatis 



ovatis integris fubundulatis, racemo terminali fubfimplici. 



LHerit. Sert. Ang. p. 21. (tabula citata nunquam editafuit.) 



Lam. Illuftr. tab. 534. /. 1. 

 CAPRARIA undulata. Tbuni. Prod. 103. Linn. Suppl. 284. 



Syft. Veg. 597. Mart. Mill. Dicl. n. 5. 



Capraria undulata forms a fmall {haggling fhrub, of little 

 beauty except while in bloflbm, when its lively purplifh flowers, 

 growing near the extremities of the branches, make a pleafing 

 variety. 



Native of the Cape of Good-Hope, whence it was introduced 

 to the Kew Garden, by Mr. Francis Masson, in 1774. 

 Re quires the fhelter of a greenhoufe. Flowers in June. Com- 

 municated by MefTrs. Lodd ices and Sons, Hackney. 



