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CLIANTHUS carneus. 

 Flesh-coloured Glory Pea. 



DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA. : 

 Nat. ord. Leguminos.e, § Papilionace^e. 

 CLIANTHUS. Botanical Register, vol. 2Lfol. 1775. 



C. carneus ; foliolis 2-3-jugis ovatis lucidis glaberrimis, racerais erectis pauci- 



floris, vexillo recto obtusiusculo. 

 Clianthus carneus. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1841. misc. no. 7. 

 Streblorhiza speciosa. Endlicher prodr. fl. Norfolk. 92. 



Under the name of Streblorhiza, a word formed from 

 orrpefiXos bent, and pi^a a root, in allusion to the radicle of 

 the embryo being twice bent upon the back of the cotyledons, 

 this plant was originally described by Dr. Endlicher, after a 

 drawing made by Mr. Ferdinand Bauer on Philip's Island, a 

 small rock off the coast of Norfolk Island. When it was first 

 raised in Europe it continued to bear that name, until it 

 flowered, when it was found to be identical with the now well 

 known genus Clianthus, as Dr. Endlicher himself suspected. 

 It has therefore become necessary to alter the name first 

 given it. 



By some of those interested in the sale of such plants the 

 beauty of the species was at first greatly exaggerated, and 

 consequently when it did flower so much disappointment was 

 felt that its real merits were overlooked. I trust the accom- 

 panying figure will set that matter at rest ; and show that if 

 inferior to Clianthus puniceus, it is still a species well worth 

 cultivation as a twiner. It flowers well in a cold conserva- 

 tory, has good evergreen leaves, and would in all probability 

 prove well adapted to training over moveable trellises. 



It is easily cultivated, only requiring a rather strong rich 

 soil and plenty of room to grow; it will then flower freely; 

 September, 1841. t 



