LEMONIA SPECTABILIS. 
(Showy Lemonia.) 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
RUTACE^E. 
(eneric Character — Sepals five. Petals five, con- 
i e, limb unequal, tube straight. Stamens five, inserted 
i; ;he tube of the corolla, two fertile ones sessile, three 
rile ones horned, longer than the tube, covered with 
nds. Disk cup-shaped, notched. Capsules five, 
h one-seeded. 
pecifjc 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, 
whose nursery good flowering plants may be seen at any time, and to whom we 
; e indebted for our present figure. Since we made our drawing, our own plants at 
latsworth have flowered ; and from the prolonged flowering season and the rich 
dour 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 
rt loam, with a small portion of rotten manure ; the whole being mixed and 
oken together without being rendered fine. During the growing season, strong 
iat and great humidity, with considerable shade, are requisites for successful 
owth. In winter, during the season of torpidity, the soil should be kept partially 
|y, and the plant stand in a cool place. 
The generic name is given “as a slight acknowledgment of the great benefits 
inferred, not merely upon science in general, but upon Botany in particular, by the 
i'ge and well-directed liberality of Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P., whose garden 
1 Carclew, near Penrhyn, in Cornwall, has been for many years a fruitful source of 
I 'w and interesting plants.” — Dr. Lindley, in Bot. Beg. vol. xxvi., page 59. 
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