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CLEOME DENDROIDES. TREE-LIKE CLEOME. 
KEKE EEE EKER KKK RE 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.— CapparineEn. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 4-sepalus. Pet. 4, subadscendentia, basi nectarifera. 
Stam. perigyna submonadelpha subinequalia. Siligqua sti- 
pitata vel sessilis. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Creome dendroides ; frutescens velutino-pubescens subvis- 
cosa aculeata, caule simpliciusculo parum ramoso, 
foliis 7-foliolatis, foliolis lanceolatis subacuminatis 
utrinque sub-20-nerviis, floribus atropurpureis, peta- 
lis reflexis, filamentis thecaphoroque longissimis diva- 
ricatis. , 
Crrome dendroides, Schultes Syst. Veget.v.7. p. 28. 
Creome arborea. Weinm. Syllogep. 227. (non Humb.) 
Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 2. p. 123. 
Creome arborea. (Humb. Bonpl. et Kunth) D C. Prodr. 
p. 238 ? SRS Li ot 
Crome atro-purpurea? Schott in Scheib. Natarf. p. 129. 
Though the colour of the flowers is rather singular than brilliant, his — 
is a very striking plant, with its curious candelabrum-like flower-spike, 3 
and handsome foliage. It was raised from seeds imported in 1828 from the _ 
Brazils, by Mrs. Penrotp of the Achada, to whose liberality I am in- — 
debted for its having been several years an inmate of my own garden. — 
Miss Youne has, in the narrow space of an octavo plate, admiral 
pressed all the leading characteristics of a plant, which would req 
folio, to display it to advantage. ‘ a 
For the first two years, this Creome has quite the pearance of an 
annual or biennial, herbaceous plant ; rising with-a single, € stem to — 
the height of from one to two or three feet, and producin — | 
mer of the second year, a single, terminal spike of flowe i 
this, it puts forth one or two branches below the first spike ; and the — 
stem becomes more woody, brown, and decidedly shrubby: yet, even in — 
this state, the plant attains no greater height p dine te or five feet, has _ 
seldom above two or three straggling branches at atime, (the rest eying 
away 
