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LOASA LATERITIA. 
(RED- FLOWERED LOASA.) 
CLASS. 
POLYADELPHIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
loase^e. 
Generic Character. — Calyx five-leaved. Petals five. Nectary five-leaved. Capsules half inferior, 
one-celled, half three-valved, many-seeded. — Loudon's Encyclopaedia of Plants. 
Specific Character Plant suffruticose, hispid in all its parts. Stem climbing, slightly branched, 
Leaves alternate lobate, lobes jagged, acute, slightly curved at the points; lower ones on footstalks, 
upper destitute of them. Peduncles axillary, one-flowered, six inches in length* Flowers of a 
bright brick-red colour, approaching to scarlet ; abundant. Petals ten ; the five outer ones large, 
keeled, slightly cucullate ; the inner five, small, yellow, cucullate, containing a saccharine secretion. 
Stamens numerous, disposed in five bundles, fronting each of the outer petals. Ovarium inferior, 
one-celled, many-seeded, densely set with hairs. 
In an age when our collections are constantly receiving accessions of hardy and 
half-hardy climbing plants, it becomes necessary to examine more attentively each 
new production, that our gardens may not be crowded with such plants as possess 
no other merit than that of novelty, and are, in other respects, almost worthless. 
This precaution however is by no means necessary with regard to the plant 
of which a drawing is here given ; for, a more interesting and valuable plant for 
ornamenting the trellises of the flower-garden or greenhouse, we have not had the 
gratification of figuring for some time. We are accustomed to regard such plants 
as good, and worthy of notice and cultivation, which are of elegant habits, — pro- 
duce handsome and showy flowers, — are disposed to blow freely, — and exhibit 
their blossoms to advantage ; — all these properties reside in the plant we are now 
noticing to no mean extent ; and when we add that it may be propagated with 
great facility, and cultivated with extreme ease, we should think that no other 
recommendation is necessary to bring it speedily into extensive notice, and obtain 
for it almost universal esteem. 
The plant from which our drawing was taken was kept in the greenhouse and 
ORDER. 
POLYANDRIA. 
