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SCOTTIA* dentata. 

 Tooth-leaved Scottia. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. LEGUMiNOSiE. § Lotece. 



SCOTTIA R. ^x. — Calyx bracteis imbricatus, 5-dent,atus, dentibus 

 pariim ingequalibus. Vexillum complicatum brevius alls carinam sequanti- 

 bus. Stamina omnia connexa. Legumen pedicellatura compressum, margine 

 utroque incrassato. Semina 3-4 stropbiolata. — R. Br. in H. Kew. ed. 2. 

 4. 268. 



Scottia dentata. R. Brown I. c. Decand. prodr. 2. 118. 



Frutex ramosus, diffusus, ramulis Jiliformibus, verrucosis. Folia oppo- 

 sita, subsessilia, cordato-triangidaria, incequaliter dentata, reticulata, glabra. 

 Flores solitarii, axillares, subsessiles. Bractese sub calyce quinque, quarum 

 2 exteriores parvce, truncates, incequales, persistentes, leviter pubescentes, 

 basin calycis calycidi instar ambientes, 3 interiores cymbiformes, aquales, 

 calycis longitudine, glabriusculcB , cito deciduce. Calyx campanulatus, sub- 

 isqualis, quinque-dentatus, ad os subpubescens. Vexillum abbreviatiim, cum 

 carind subparallelum. Alse et carina oblongce, obtusce, conniventes. Stamina 

 alti connata, subpubescentia. Ovarium longipedunculatum, trispermum, 

 attenuatum in stylo setaceo. Stigma simplex. 



A native of the South-west coast of New Holland, 

 whence, according to the Hortus Keicensis, it was introduced 

 by Mr. Peter Good, in 1803. It has, however, always 

 been so scarce a plant, that, notwithstanding its great 

 beauty, it is hardly ever seen in Collections. Our drawing 

 was made at Mr. Mackay's Nursery at Clapton, in 

 December last. 



A hardy greenhouse plant, exceedingly deserving of 

 cultivation. 



A branching, diffuse shrub, with filiform, warted 

 branches. Leaves opposite, subsessile, cordate-triangular. 



Named after a Dr. Robert Scott, a Professor of Botany at Dublin. 



