LEMONIA SPECTABILIS. 
Class. 
PENTANDRIA. 
(Showy Lemonia.) 
Natural Order. 
RUTACEjE. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character — Sepals five. Petals five, con- 
nate, limb unequal, tube straight. Stamens five, inserted 
in the tuhe of the corolla, two fertile ones sessile, three 
sterile ones horned, longer than the tube, covered with 
glands. Disk cup-shaped, notched. Capsules five, 
each one-seeded. 
Specific Character.-— An evergreen shrub. Branches 
downy ; leaves petiolate, divided Into three leaflets ; 
leaflets obovate, obtuse, smooth, deep green and shining. 
Racemes axillary, containing only two or three flowers. 
Flowers rich and deep rose-colour. Calyx consisting 
of five green sepals, inclosed within a two-valved invo- 
lucre. Corolla monopetalous ; tube straight, slightly 
oblique towards the top, limb expanded, in five parts. 
This fine stove plant was introduced from Cuba in 1839 by Messrs. Loddiges, 
in whose nursery good flowering plants may be seen at any time, and to whom we 
are indebted for our present figure. Since we made our drawing, our own plants at 
Chatsworth have flowered ; and from the prolonged flowering season and the rich 
colour of the blossoms, the plant deserves to be in every collection. 
The cultivation is easy : the best soil is two parts sandy heath mould, and one 
part loam, with a small portion of rotten manure ; the whole being mixed and 
broken together without being rendered fine. During the growing season, strong- 
heat and great humidity, with considerable shade, are requisites for successful 
growth. In winter, during the season of torpidity, the soil should be kept partially 
dry, and the plant stand in a cool place. 
The generic name is given "as a slight acknowledgment of the great benefits 
conferred, not merely upon science in general, but upon Botany in particular, by the 
large and well-directed liberality of Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P., whose garden 
at Carclew, near Penrhyn, in Cornwall, has been for many years a fruitful source of 
new and interesting plants." — Dr. Lindley, in Bot. Beg. vol. xxvi., page 59. 
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