Seed-vessel. Capsule leathery, and woolly, four cells, four valves.
Seeds, four, solitary, and nearly round.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Correa, foliis subrotundis, supra tomentosis, subtus lanigeris; floribus terminalibus, quaternis, albidis.
Correa, with leaves nearly round, downy on the upper surface, woolly on the under surface; flowers terminate the branches by fours, and are white.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The Chives, and Pointal.
3. A Thread, and Tip, (magnified.)
4. The Shaft and Summit, (magnified.)
The Correa is a native of Port Jackson, in New Holland, and commonly termed a Botany-bay plant: it was first raised in the year 1793, from seeds which were given by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. to J. Vere, Esq. of Kensington-gore, and from a plant in whose collection our figure was taken. It receives its generic title from Mr. Joseph Correa de Serra, a native of Portugal; a gentleman of very distinguished talents as a man of science in general, and botany in particular. Of this genus there are as yet but few species discovered; the Alba grows to a shrub of the height of four or five feet, woody and tough; both stem and leaves are covered with a thick flannelly substance, particularly the under side of the leaves, which gives the whole plant a whitish appearance. It continues to flower through the months of April, May, and June; may be propagated easily by cuttings, should be kept as a hardy greenhouse plant, and thrives best in peat earth.[Pg 78]
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