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under side marked with a prominent midrib and covered with a rusty 
down, similar to that on the stems. FLowers solitary, drooping, borne 
on short stalks at the end of short axillary branches, bearing one or 
two leaves. Ca yx very short, in the form of a broad cup, with four 
very small somewhat sharpish teeth. Corowa about three quarters of 
an inch long, the petals joined to near the top into a tube rather broader 
towards the mouth, with four broad ovate lobes. STaMeENs projecting 
at least a quarter of an inch beyond the corolla. 
Poputar aNp GeocrapHicaL Notice. The genus Correa is 
strictly Australian, being found all along the southern portion of that 
continent, and in Van Diemen’s Land. It is singular as affording an 
instance of apparently monopetalous corollas, in a natural Order in 
which the flower is essentially polypetalous. The elegant manner in 
which these flowers hang, the good colouring and size of them 
in many species, attracted the notice of the first collectors in their 
native country, and some species have now been long in cultivation. 
The operation of hybridizing has even been practised on them with 
success, and new forms are frequently springing up in our collections. 
The present species, however, is a genuine native of Van Diemen’s 
Land, and was first described by Sir William Hooker, from wild 
specimens, as a remarkable and distinct species, under the name 
given to it by its discoverer, Major Gunn. Though notso brilliant in 
colouring as some others, its foliage is elegant, and it may be con- 
sidered as a yaluable acquisition. 
INTRODUCTION ; WHERE GROWN; CuLTuRE. We have no specific 
information, regarding the year in which this greenhouse novelty was 
introduced to Great Britain, but we believe it took place in 1836. Our 
drawing was made in the Autumn of 1838, from a plant in her Ma- 
jesty’s garden at Kew, where are many other subjects of peculiar inter- 
est, which, under the present management of that establishment, are 
meeting the careful attention which they deserve. Well-ripened cut- 
tings may be struck in sand, under a bell-glass, with bottom heat. 
When rooted, they should be planted in a mixture of peat and loam. 
One species—Correa alba, proves to be cee 
Derivation OF THE Nam 
Correa, named by the late Sir James Edward Sm re in honour of M. Correa 
de Serra, a Portugese Botanist. FERrucinzEa, rusty coloured. 
SYNONYMEs, 
Correa FERRUGINEA. Hooker: Companion to Bot. Mag. v. 1, p. 276 
