little more or less purple on the inside, and green at the back.
Corolla tubular at the base, becoming gradually campanulate
upwards, thmkly clothed with slender glandular hairs;
outside of a brilliant purple; on the inside from the mouth
to the base, are two lines of beautiful yellow hairs, and nu-
meroiis others at the insertion of the stamens : limb 5-lobed
obes broad and rounded, the two upper ones considerably
largest: the lower one rather smallest. Stamens 4, fertile,
and one stenie, inserted in the base of the tube, and connected
to It a httle way u p : filaments densely clothed with lono-
hairs, where they become free from the tube, the upper part
thickly clothed with short glittering glands : anthers two-
lobed, joined by their back to the filaments ; sterile stamen
very short. Ovarium densely clothed with bristly hairs, tipped
with minute glands. Style thinly hairy about half-way
For the introduction of the present splendid climbino-
plant, the country is indebted to A. B. Lambert, Fsq. whS
procured seeds out of his dried specimens that were collect-
ed m Mepco by the Botanists Sesse and Mocinno, and
liberally distributed them to various collections ; the specimen
represented in our drawing was kindly sent to us from
the rich collection of Robert Barclay, Fsq. of Bury Hill, the
flowers of which were more inclined to a rose colour, than
any ^ h e r that we have seen; at Messrs. Whitley, Brames,
and Milne s Nursery, at Fulham, many plants of it are now
in bloom, some in the open borders trained to a wall, and
others in the greenhouse; those in the open air are generally
of a deep purple, and those in the houses of a purple
hlac; it certainly is a great acquisition to our collections, as
it will be a strong free flowering greenhouse climber, and
will make a grand plant to turn out against a wall or trellis
m ¡spring, which it will soon cover, as it is of rapid growth;
it will also be a famous plant for training inside a light
window of a room; and we expect it will stand our Winters
well, with the protection of a mat against a wall in severe
frost; we find most of the Mexican plants succeed well
by that means; it thrives well in a rich light soil, and is
readily increased by young cuttings, planted under a handglass,
or by seeds.
The generic name is derived from Ao^oc, a crest, and
(Twepfia^ seed, in allusion to the form of its seeds.
terrainated b y l e t t y l e "nd
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