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1.— MAHERNIA GRANDIFLORA Burch. THE LARGE-FLOWERED MAHERNIA. 
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Synonyme. — Hermannia grandiflora toothed, white beneath. Peduncles usually two-flowered, divaricated, 
' Enora VINOS. — Bot. Reg., t. 224 ; and our fig. 4, in PI. 11. and clammy. 
Specific Character. — Leaves lanceolate, cuneated, obtuse, serrately 
Description, &c. — This is by far the handsomest species of the genus. It was found by Mr. Burchell, the 
African traveller, covering vast plains in the neighbourhood of the Cape of Good Hope. Its flowers are 
campanulate and drooping, and they are produced in the greatest abimdance. The plant itself seldom exceeds 
, two feet in height, but its branches are widely spreading. Mr. Burchell found this plant in 1813, and brought it 
I with him to England ; but it had been previously introduced and lost in 1791. 
OTHER SPECIES OF MAHERNIA. 
i M. ODORATA Andr.; Bot. Rep., t. 85. 
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; The flowers of this species are rather lai'ge. They are drooping and yellow, with a scent like that of the 
j Jonquil. The plant was introduced in 1789. 
I M. INCISA Jacq.; Bot. Mag., t. 353. 
I The flowers of this species, when in the bud ; are of a deep crimson, but as they open, they show the deep 
I orange-colour of their centre, and finally become of a pale yellow. 
I M. DIFFUSA Jacq.', Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 187. 
j The flowers of this species are drooping, and of a fine rose-colour, which is very deep in the bud, but becomes 
j paler as the flowers open. It was introduced in 1774. 
There are several other species of Mahemia, but they are very seldom seen in British greenhouses. 
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I Essential Character. — Calyx of three to five unequal, concave, 
I coriaceous, obtuse, permanent, imbricate sepals, usuaUy furnished with 
I two hracteoles at the base. Petals usually five, rarely more or fewer, 
: inserted on the disk, sometimes free, sometimes connected at the base. 
■ Stamens numerous, hypogynous, somewhat adnate to the petals at the 
t base, free or connate, rarely disposed in bundles ; filaments short, 
awl-shaped ; anthers erect, two or four-celled, adnate or versatile. 
I Ovary ovate. Styles two to seven, free, or more or less joined together. 
I ■ Description, &c. — The 
shrubs or trees. 
1 containing the 
Fruit ovate-globose, radiately divided on the inside into as many cells 
as there are styles or stigmas, sometimes dry-baccate, indehiscent, 
sometimes capsular, dehiscent. Seeds few or numerous, fixed to the 
central placenta, sometimes arched, sometimes roundish or compressed. 
Albumen fleshy or wanting. Embryo arched or straight, slender, 
terete, with oblong cotyledons, and an inconspicuous plumule, with a 
long radicle, which is turned to the hilum. (Q. Don.) 
plants belonging to this order are all very ornamental, and most of them are stove 
A few of the genera contain greenhouse plants ; and of these, the best known are those 
Camellia and the Tea. 
