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CAMPYLIA elegans. 
Elegant Campy lia. 
C. elegans, caule fruticoso adscendente ; ramis elonga- 
tis gracilibus, foliis oblongo-ellipticis lanceolatisve 
undulatis argute serrato-dentatis sericeo-tomentosis, 
stipulis acuminatis, pedunculis 4-5-floris, petalis ro- 
tundato-obovatis. 
Campylia elegans. Colv. catal. ed. 2. p. 21. col. 1. 
Stem shrubby, flexuose, ascending, not strong enough 
to support its branches without assistance; branches 
long and slender, thickly clothed with short white 
down. Leaves oblongly elliptic, bluntish, undulate, 
deeply but unequally serrate or toothed, densely clothed 
on both sides with white silky down ; upper ones lan- 
ceolate, acute. Petioles long and slender, densely pu- 
bescent, as are the peduncles and calyx. Stipules lan- 
ceolate, taper-pointed. Peduncles slender, 4 or 5-flow- 
ered. Involucre of 6 lanceolate, sharp-pointed bractes. 
Pedicles cylindrical, long and slender. Calyx 5-cleft, 
segments concave, acute, strongly veined ; upper one 
ovate, the others elliptic or lanceolate. Petals 5, of a 
pale lilac, roundly obovate, the two upper ones largest, 
eared and spotted at the base ; above that is a white 
mark, edged with rose. Stamens 10, united at the 
base, five bearing anthers ; two upper sterile ones re- 
curved, and thinly clothed with long white hairs. 
Pollen orange-coloured. Germen densely villous. Style 
short, smooth, purple. Stigmas 5, about the length 
of the style, of the same colour, reflexed. 
This handsome plant is a hybrid production, and 
was raised from a seed, at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, 
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