Teedia
(called after J. G. Teede, a German botanist and traveller, who died in Surinam). SYN. Borkhausenia. ORD. Scrophularineae. A small, South African genus (two species) of greenhouse, glabrous or pubescent shrubs. Flowers pink, rather small; calyx deeply five-cleft; corolla tube cylindrical, the limb of five short, rounded, sub-equal, spreading lobes; stamens four, didynamous; peduncles cymosely few-flowered in the upper axils, forming a terminal, leafy thyrse. Leaves opposite, entire. The species are rather pretty subjects when in flower. A light, rich soil is most suitable. Propagation may be effected by seeds, or by cuttings.
T. lucida (clear). fl., corolla four to five lines long; peduncles 1/2in. to 3/4in. long, three to seven-flowered. April. l. ovate or ovate-lanceolate, narrowed at base and embracing the stem, 1in. to 4in. long, clear-surfaced, acute, serrulated. Branches tetragonal. h. 2ft. 1774. Plant glabrous. (B. R. 209.)
T. pubescens (downy). fl., corolla 1/2in. long. May. l. ovate or elliptic, often broader than those of T. lucida, rounded or narrowed at base, clasping the stem. h. 2ft. 1816. Plant rusty-pubescent or villous. (B. R. 214.)