

PLATE 



VEREA ACUTIFLORA. 



Point ed^flowered Verea. 



CLASS VIII. ORDER IV 



OCT ANURIA TETRAGYNIA. Eight Chives. Four Pointals. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx 4-phyllus. Corolla hypocrateriformis, 

 4-fida : tubo ventricoso. Nectaria 4j ad 



basin germinum. Capsulae 4, super ae 

 loculares, pqlyspermae. 



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Empalement 4-leaved. Blossom funnel -shaped., 

 4-sided: tube bellied. Nectaries 4, at the 

 base of the seed-buds. Capsules 4, above, 

 one-celled, many- seeded. 



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SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



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Verea foliis lato-lanceolatis, oppositis, crena- 

 tis, crassis : floribus paniculatis, terminali- 

 bus : corollis albentibus: laciniis oris acu- 

 tissimis. 



Verea with leaves broadly lance-shaped, oppo- 

 site, scolloped, and thick. Flowers pani- 

 culated and terminal. Blossom whitish: 

 segments of the border very pointed. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. The empalement. 



2. A blossom spread open 



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Seed-buds and pointals 

 4. The same magnified. 



This new species of Verea flowered (we believe, for the first time in this countiy) in the coUection 



our drawing was taken. The foliage is compact, and 



hence 



rather handsome. 



means 



its rivals are but few. This considered, with the addition of it novelty, renders it a valuable acquisi- 



tion to the hot-stove. 



