PLATE DCLIII. 



CORR^A SPECIOSA 



Showy Corrcea, 



CLASS VIIL ORDER L 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNU, Eight Chives. One Pointal. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx monophyllus, quadri-dentatus. Corolla 

 4-petala. Stamina octo. Germen superum. 

 Capsula quadrilocularis. Semina quatuor. 



Empalement one leafed, four-toothed. Blossom 

 four-petalled. Eight chives. Seed-bud above. 

 Capsule four cells. Seeds four. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



CoHR^EA follis oblongis, oppositis, undulatis, 

 hirsuiis, supra viridlbus, subtus tomentosis, 

 ferrugineis : ramulis oppositis, alternis, far- 

 rugineis, scabre pilosis: corollis bicoloribus, 

 scabris. 



CoRR^EA with oblong opposite leaves, waved, and 

 harshly haired, green on the upper surface 

 and downy and rusty beneath. Branches 

 opposite, alternate, rusty, and roughly haired. 

 Blossoms two-coloured, and rough. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1, A blossom spread open. 



2. One of the chives, 



3. Empalement, seed-bud, and pointal. 



4, Seed-bud magnified. 



This elegant species of Corraa, a native of New Holland, is enumerated in Bonn's catalogue by the 

 specific title of speciosa, but has been overlooked in the new edition of the Hortus Kewensis, It is a 

 hardy green-house plant with brilliant flowers in great succession, and may be propagated by cuttings. 

 It requires an airy situation, and must not be too often watered. Our figure represents one half of a fine 

 plant in the collection of Messrs. Colyilles. 



