the scientific name of a genus ofAustralian plants of the N.O. Rutaceae, so named afterCorrea de Serra, a Portuguese nobleman who wrote on rutaceousplants at the beginning of the century. They bear scarlet orgreen and sometimes yellowish flowers, and are often calledNative Fuchsias (q.v.), especially C. speciosa, Andrews,which bears crimson flowers.
1827. R. Sweet, `Flora Australasica,' p. 2:
«The genus was first named by Sir J. E. Smith in compliment tothe late M. Correa de Serra, a celebrated Portuguese botanist.»
1859. H. Kingsley, `Geoffrey Hamlyn,' p. 384:
«The scarlet correa lurked among the broken quartz.»
1877. F. v. Mueller, `Botanic Teachings,' p. 70:
«With all wish to maintain vernacular names, which are notactually misleading, I cannot call a correa by the commoncolonial name `native fuchsia,' as not the slightest structuralresemblance and but little habitual similarity exists betweenthese plants; they indeed belong to widely different orders.»
Ibid.:
«All Correas are geographically restricted to the south-easternportion of the Australian continent and Tasmania, the genuscontaining but few species.»
1880. Mrs. Meredith, `Tasmanian Friends and Foes,' p. 23:
«I see some pretty red correa and lilac.» [Footnote]: « Correaspeciosa, native fuchsia of Colonies.»