Lavradia
(named after the Marquis of Lavradio, a distinguished patron of botany, and once Viceroy of Brazil). ORD. Violarieoe. A small genus (about half-a-dozen species) of very glabrous stove sub-shrubs, all natives of Brazil. Flowers disposed in terminal paniculate racemes, rarely axillary. Leaves alternate, closely packed, rigid, entire or sub-serrate. The undermentioned species thrives in a well-drained compost of sandy peat and fibry loam. Propagated by cuttings of ripened shoots, placed in sand, under a bell glass, in heat.
L. montana (mountain). fl. deep rose, in crowded racemose panicles. l. alternate, almost sessile, obovate, marginate, denticulated, obtuse, ending in a mucrone. h. 2ft. to 3ft. 1826.