Faradaya
(named in honour of Michael Faraday, the celebrated chemist, 1794-1867). ORD. Verbenaceae. A small genus (about five species) of stove or greenhouse, tall-climbing, glabrous shrubs, natives of Australia, Fiji, New Guinea, &c. Flowers white, showy; calyx at first closed, ultimately cut into two or three valvate lobes; corolla tube exserted, enlarged above, the limb ample, spreading, four-cleft; stamens four, long-exserted; cymes many-flowered, disposed in a terminal, loosely corymbose panicle or sessile at the nodes. Leaves opposite, entire, coriaceous. Two species are in cultivation, but have not yet flowered in this country. They thrive in a rich loam, and require plenty of root room. The branches should be allowed to spread close to the glass, in as light a position in the stove as possible. F. papuana (Papuan). fl. salver-shaped, disposed in corymbose panicles. l. lanceolate, bullate. Java, 1884.
F. splendida (splendid). fl. large, in a terminal, corymbose panicle; calyx segments eight to ten lines long; corolla tube above 1in. long, the lobes flat, nearly 3/4in. long. l. ovate, acuminate, rounded or cordate at the base, 6in. to nearly 12in. long, prominently penniveined; petioles 1in. to 2in. long. Queensland. A tall, woody climber.