Curtis's Botanical Magazine/Volume 19/715 Bauera rubioides

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Class and Order.

Generic Character.

Cal. inferus 8-sidus. Cor. 8-petala. Caps. 2-locularis. Sem. plurima.

Specific Character and Synonyms.

BAUERA rubioides. And. Bot. Repos. t. 198

Stalk shrubby, 3-6 feet high, branched. Branches opposite, patent, rigid. Leaves ternate, opposite; giving the appearance at first sight of six leaves growing in a whorl: Leaflets lanceolate, serrate, rugose-veined, naked. Peduncles axillary, longer than the leaves, at first erect, afterwards fre- quently drooping. Calyx inferior, one-leafed and growing to the germen, deeply divided into eight slightly toothed, lanceo- late segments, reflexed, persistent. Corolla, rose-coloured, eight petaled, but one is deficient; Petals lanceolate, concave, patent, quite entire. Filaments many, shorter than petals, attached to the inside of the calyx, not to the receptacle, wherefore this plant belongs to the class  not to where it is referred in the Botanists Repository. Anthers yellow, roundish. Germen roundish, somewhat flat- tened, emarginate. Styles two, filiform, divergent. Stigmas acute.

A handsome flowering shrub, without scent. Taste of the leaves bitterish, subastringent, not unlike Chinese Tea

This plant, a native of New-Holland, received the above name in honour of the two, natives of Germany, both very eminent botanical draughtsmen in the employ of this country; the elder brother at the Royal Garden at Kew, the younger now on a voyage of discovery in the South-Sea. The trivial name is derived from the resemblance which it bears, especially in its young state, to a, not a , as  Mr. , with his usual accuracy, would have it. Flowers through the greatest part of the Summer.

Our Drawing was taken at Messrs. and , Kensington, where, we are informed, it was first raised in this country. It may be increased by cuttings.