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CLEOME rosea. — 
Rose-coloured Cleome. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. CarparivEx. , a 
CLEOME L. Calyx 4-sepalus patens subeequalis. Petala 4. Torus 
subhemispheericus, Stamina 6, rarils 4. Siliqua dehiscens in calyce stipi- 
tata aut sessilis, Decand. prodr. 1.238. — 
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Sect, I. Pedicellaria. Torus carnosus subglobosus. Thecaphorum elon- 
gatum. Dec. 1. c. = A 
C. rosea; herbacea inermis glabra, foliis 5-foliolatis, infimis floralibusque 
3-foliolatis, summis ovatis sessilibus, siliqua glabra thecaphori longitu- 
dine. Dee. 1. c. ' 
C. rosea. “Vahl. ined.” Spreng. syst. 2.122. 
_ Annua, undique glaberrima. Caulis erectus, ramosus, sesquipedalis, 
wnermis, angulatus, alte sulcatus atrovirens purpureo livido coloratus. Folia 
longe petiolata, petiolis patentibus, sulcatis, purpureo coloratis: superiora et 
inferiora 3-foliolata ; intermedia quinata ; summa simplicia. Foliola ovalz- 
lanceolata, utrinque acuminata, alte penninervia, venis subtis coloratis ; 
summa simplicia sessilia, in bractearum loco, cordato-ovata, obtusa. Racemus 
_ terminalis, corymbosus, pedicellis Jiliformibus longis rigidis patentibus. 
Sepala ovata, acuminata. Petala rosea, limbo ovato, integro. _ Torus 
carnosus hemisphericus. Stamina subequalia, patentia. Ovartum cylindri- 
cum, sub lente minute scabrellum, in stipite filamentorum fere longitudine. 
Stigma ovario angustius. 
This beautiful plant was raised from seeds sent to the 
Horticultural Society, from Rio Janeiro, in 1824, by Mr. 
James M*Rae, a collector in the service of the Society. 
ea drawing was made at the Chiswick Garden, in July 
ast. a 
A tender annual, requiring the same kind of manage- 
ment as Browallias, and plants of that description. 
The flowers have a strong smell of elder. We did not 
discover aculei upon any of the plants we examined. 
This plant is quite smooth in every part. Stem erect, 
branched, a foot and a half high, unarmed, angular, deeply 
