EUTACEiE. 



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ADENANDRA. 



Gen. Char. (Pentandria Monogynia.) Flower inferior; calyx 

 five-parted ; petals and stamens inserted in the calyx ; stamens 

 ten, of which every other one is sterile ; anthers with a gland at 

 the end. 



The name of this genus arises from Greek words meaning 

 gland and stamen, from the peculiarity of a gland existing 

 on the stamens. They are Cape plants of great beauty. A. 

 unijlora, acuminata, speciosa, and linearis have white and 

 pink flowers; the first are solitary, with a fringed calyx, 

 speciosa has them in an umbel ; amoena, villosa, and margi- 

 nata are blush-coloured ; and fragrans is red-flowered and 

 sweet-scented. These plants succeed best in a sandy peat 

 mixed with a little loam. 



A. alba is now formed into the genus Coleonema with 

 the additional species joulchrum, rubra, and temiifolia ; 

 they are elegant, evergreen Cape shrubs. 



CROWEA. 



Gen. Char. {Decandria Monogynia.) Calyx five-parted ; petals 

 five, sessile; stamens flat, awl-shaped, connected by entangled 

 hairs ; anthers united lengthwise to the filaments on their inner 

 side ; style from the base of the ovary ; capsules five, united. 



