Luxemburgia
(named after a Duke of Luxembourg, under whose auspices M. Auguste St. Hilaire commenced his voyage to Brazil). SYN. Plectranthera. ORD. Ochnaceae. A genus comprising seven species of showy, branched, very glabrous, stove trees or shrubs, natives of Brazil. Flowers yellow, disposed in terminal racemes. Leaves alternate, toothed, mucronate, oblong, finely veined. The species thrive in a peat and loam soil, and require an abundant and constant supply of water. Propagated by cuttings of half-ripened shoots, placed in sand, under a bell glass, in gentle bottom heat.
L. ciliosa (ciliated). fl. yellow; corymbs many-flowered. Summer. l. crowded, on long petioles, oblong-lanceolate, glandularly setose, setosely mucronate. h. 8ft. to 12ft. Brazil, 1848. (B. M. 4048; P. M. B. xi. 3.) L. corymbosa (corymbose). fl. yellow, large, few, disposed in corymbs. Summer. l. on short petioles, narrow-oblong, acutish cuneated at base. Brazil, 1840. Tree.