972 
PROCKIA Crucis. 
Santa Cruz Prockia. 
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-POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
“Nat. ord. Bixinem. Kunth. 
in te ROCKIA, Browne.—Calys persistens, 3-5-partitus, lobis subrotundis 
sos Petala nulla. Stamina plurima, disco inserta, antheris sub- 
Undis. Ovarium unicum, subrotundum. Stigma integrum. Bacea sub- 
acces 4-6-sperma subrotunda. Frutices Americanit aut Mauritiant, 
g abri. Folia alterna, integra aut dentatu. Flores interdim abortu uni- 
Sexuales, Dec, prodr. 1. 260. 
Ds Crucis ; foliis cordato-ovatis dentatis, pedunculis terminalibus subrace- 
P Bea Willd, sp. pl. 2.1213. 
+ Crucis. 
Linn. sp. 745. Vahl. symb. 3, p. 69. t. 64. Decand. prodr. 
‘i 260. Lindt. Hs Hort. trans. sl 6. p. 268. 
ane ste erectus, ramis teretibus glabris. Folia cordato-ovata, acuminata, 
cat 8° serrata, subpubescentia, petiolata. Stipulve dimediato-ovate, subfal- 
aah » Jandulose, petiolo breviores. Racemi terminales, 3-5 flort. Pedicelli 
Seine Calyx 3-4-sepalus, reflexus: sepalis late ovatis. Petala nulla. 
ae Suberecta, lutea, stylo pauld breviora. Stylus subulatus. Stigma 
A qceds of this rare plant were collected at the Havannah, 
7, brought to the Horticultural Society in 1823, by 
i " George Don. It is a neat shrub, flowering in the 
°ve during the summer, ard easily propagated by cuttings. 
Should be potted in light peaty loam. 
That now published is the only coloured figure of this 
plant which has yet been given. M. de Candolle appears 
© be acquainted with the species only from other authors, 
and not to have examined any specimen. 
An erect shrub, with round smooth branches. Leaves 
Cordate-ovate, taper-pointed, bluntly serrated, rather pu- 
scent, stalked, Stipules half-ovate, somewhat falcate, 
