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Definition of Hamelia patens
1. Noun. Handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hamelia Patens
Literary usage of Hamelia patens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"... conservatories under the name of "scarlet bush," EN Reasoner writes: "Hamelia
patens, a native of the West Indies and Southern Florida, along the coast, ..."
2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1911)
"Hamelia patens Jacq. The HAMELIA grows in hammocks in the southern two thirds of
peninsular Florida and in the hammocks of the Florida Keys, ..."
3. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society by Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society (1884)
"Hamelia patens (Jacq.). A very handsome shrub, with scarlet flowers. Western shores
of the island. 64. Randia aculeata (L.). (Mr. WT F<!ay.) 65. ..."
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