Corethrostylis
(from korethron, a broom, and stylos, a style; referring to the consolidated styles being clothed with hairs). ORD. Sterculiaceoe. There are about eight species, all from Australia, which may be referred to this genus. It is, however, now generally sunk under Lasiopetalum. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, thriving best in a compost of peat and silver sand, with the addition of a little charcoal. Propagated by cuttings of young or half-ripened wood, inserted in sandy soil, under a bell glass.
C. bracteata (bracteate). fl. rose-coloured, cymosely racemose, opposite the leaves; bracts leafy, rose-coloured. April. l. cordate, entire. Plant beset with stellate hairs. h. 3ft. 1843. (B. R. 1844, 47.)