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apex, the lower one longer. Stamens 4, didynamous, extending
beyond the mouth of the tube, there being no rudiment
of a fifth. Filaments straight, filiform, the base thickened,
and copiously beset with reversed, bristly hairs. Anthers
violet, 2-lobed, the cells opening lengthways, confluent at
the top. Pollen white, farinaceous. Ovarium globose, bilocular,
seated on an orbicular fleshy disk, copiously clothed
with glandular hairs. Style filiform, purple, nearly glabrous.
Stigma white, 2-lobed, the lobes very short, blunt, and copiously
papillose. Capsule sphoerical, 2-celled, bursting irregularly
at the top. Seeds numerous, flat, the testa thick and
spongy, with elevated plaits of cellular tissue, and having a
broad, membranous, torn border, truncate at both ends.
This very beautiful new climber is a native of Mexico,
and was introduced to Germany about two years ago, and
from the Royal Botanic Garden, at Berlin, it has found its
way into the collections of this country. Professor Zuccarini
has named it Rhodochiton volubile, but we have been unable
to find any description of it by that botanist. The plant is
clearly a legitimate species of Lophospermum, and dilfers in
no respect from the other two species, both also natives of
Mexico, except in its less deeply divided calyx, and in the
more cylindrical tube of its corolla.
Our drawing was taken from a fine plant, which blossomed
in Mrs. Marryat’s collection, at Wimbledon, in June
last.
The plant may be increased both by seeds and cuttings,
and will require the same treatment as the L. erubescens,
and is apparently quite as hardy as that species.
Our knowledge of the ripe fruit is derived from specimens
kindly communicated to us by Mr. F. Otto, Junior, of
Berlin,
The generic name will be found explained at fol. 68,
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