CONGEA VELUTINA 
CONGEA Bengal native name. VELUT1NA rclyet-hairy. 
Pink Congea. 
Verbenaceae. 
Tenasserim to Kedah. 
bracts mauve-pink, Powers 
pale pink and crimson. 
a sprawling shrub or woody 
climber which flowers con- 
tinuously in a sunny place. 
Propagation : by woody cuttings. 
A, flowering branch showing bracts in groups of 
4, several small flower-buds with each group 
of bracts. 
B, a group of flower-buds with one open flower ; 
calyx forming a cup; corolla with tubular 
base and § lobes ( 2 large and 3 small) ; sta- 
mens 4, with long filaments; style long, 
attached to superior ovary (fruit does not 
normally develop in Singapore). 
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