Schweiggeria
(named in compliment to Aug. Frid. Schweigger, 1783-1821, Professor of Botany at Konigsburg, one of the authors of a Flora of Erlangen). Foreign Violet. SYN. Glossarrhen. ORD. Violarieae. A genus comprising only a couple of species of beautiful, erect, stove shrubs; one is Brazilian, the other Mexican. Three outer sepals larger than the two narrow, inner ones; petals spurred at base; peduncles axillary, one flowered, articulated above the bracts. Leaves alternate; stipules minute. S. pauciflora, the only species introduced, succeeds in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand. It may be increased by young cuttings, which will strike readily, if inserted in sand, under a hand glass, in heat.
S. pauciflora (few-flowered). fl. white. December. l. tapering much to the base, obovate-spathulate, obtuse, crenate-serrated. h. 4ft. to 6ft. Brazil, 1838. (B. R. 1841, 40.)