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BORONIA SERRULATA. 
(saW-LEAVED BORONIA.) 
CLASS. ORDER. 
OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
RUTACEiE. 
Generic Character. — Calyx four cleft, permanent. Petals four, ovate. Nectarium coronate. Fila- 
ments incurved. Capsules four, bivalve. Seeds solitary, ovate, and compressed. 
Specific Character. — A leafy bush. Leaves opposite, imbricated, serrated. Flowers rich rose colour, 
terminal, forming small heads, each containing four or five flowers. Calyx four-leaved. Petals four. 
This plant, which is one of the most showy of the genus, was raised from seed 
by Mr. Colville. It is a native of Port Jackson, whence it was introduced in 1816. 
It should be potted in sandy peat ; the pots should be well drained with potsherds; 
it thrives best in a cool airy greenhouse, and should be placed in a situation where 
the sun will not shine too powerfully upon it. If the roots be allowed to become 
matted round the sides of the pots, and the plants be placed in the sun, they will 
invariably become sickly, and die. They may be struck from cuttings of the half- 
ripened wood obtained about May, taking care to allow them to dry occasionally, 
or they are liable to damp off. They may also be raised by layers, without making 
any incision. 
CLASS. 
DIDYNAMIA. 
VERBENA MELINDRES. 
(scarlet vervain.) 
NATURAL ORDER. 
VERBENACEiE. 
ORDER. 
ANGIOSPERMI A . 
Generic Character. — Calyx quinquefid. Corolla five-1 obed, and unequal. Stamina inclosed within 
the tube. Stigma blunt. Seeds two to four. 
Specific Character. — Plant perennial, branches spreading and hairy. Leaves opposite, deeply toothed, 
rough to the touch on the upper side, and hairy on the under side. Flower -stalk from six to nine 
inches long. — Flowers dazzling scarlet, forming a corymb. — Calyx hairy, tubular, half the length 
of the corolla. Corolla with a yellowish white tube, limb spreading, scarlet, three lower segments 
larger than the two upper ones. 
Synonyms. — Y. chamsedrifolia, Curtis, Bot. Mag. t. 3333; V. veronicifolia, Sm. in Rees’ Cyclop.; Crinis 
Peruvianus, Linn. Sp. PL 
This plant is a native of the plains of Buenos Ayres, where it is stated to be 
very common ; it was discovered by M. Poussette, and communicated by him, in 
1826, to J. Hawkins, Esq., Bignor Park, where it flowered for the first time in 
this country, in May 1827. 
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