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GARDOQUIA HOOKERI. 
(CAROLINA GARDOQUIa) • 
CLASS. OllDER,, 
DIDYNAMIA. GYMNOSPERMIA, 
natural orokr. 
LABIATE. 
Generic Character. — Calyx tubular, five lobed, exterior marked with tliirteen nerves. Corolla long, 
erect, or a little crooked ; limb two-lipped, upper two-lobed, the lower three-lobed ; lobes short and 
even. Stamens four, two of which are longest. Filaments erect. Anthers two-celled. 
SpEciFrc Character. — A small upright shrub about a foot and a half high, branched. Branches weak, 
upright, scarcely pubescent. Leaves obovate, terminating with a point, dotted on both sides ; of a 
glaucous green colour, and something attenuated at the base. Footstalks very short. Flowers 
arising from the axilla of the leaves, in general solitary. Flowerstalks short, furnished at the base 
with two lanceolate bracts. Calyx tubular, nearly smooth, throat liairy. Corolla of a rich scarlet 
colour, nearly three times longer than the calyx, the exterior covered with hairs; limb two-parted, 
tips equally extended, upper two-lobed, lower tliree-lobed ; lobes short and rounded. Stamens four. 
Filaments yvhite^ smooth. Anthers two-celled, purple. Style filiform. Stigma two-celled, awl- 
shaped, recurved. 
SYNONYMfcs. — Gardoquia Yio(iktr\, Bentham, I. c. p. 401. Cunila Coccinea, Hooker, Exot. Flor.3, t. 
163. Melissa coccinea, Sprengel, Syst. 2, p. 224. 
This striking- little plant was gathered — says Professor Don, in the British 
Flower Garden for January 1836, where a faithful figure and accurate description 
of it is given — on the mountains of South Carolina, by Mr. Alexander Gordon, 
a collector sent out by Mr. Charlwood. 
It is a deserving- and certainly a pretty little ornamental shrub^ delicate in its 
g-rowth, but the blossoms are large and of a rich scarlet colour, nearly equal to the 
flowers of that beautiful species of Salvia^ viz. S. splendens. It continues in flower 
a long time, and with seasonable management a considerable number are open at 
one time, which, if the plant be of a good size, look exceedingly handsome. 
No person is more successful in the cultivation of this plant than our friendly 
contributor Mr. Bows, of Broughton, near Manchester, who, some time back, kindly 
permitted our artist to make a drawing from a fine plant in his collection at that 
