y 11
i\
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vvhich disappear before reaching the summit. Stamens 5
closely assoc...ed rouod the style. F ih „ „ ts cyl“ J ’
i f “ tube of the corolla, ”a’n dI clothed with shag“g“y*> h“a‘“irs .edA ntoth ethr¿s
erect half an inch long, attached by their base, cream-coloured,
obtuse, with parallel connate cells. Ovarium bilocular
f l e r ir i ’- surrounded at the base by a 5-lobed
fleshy disk, the pañetes thick and fleshy. Placentli‘1 oblono-
fleshy, attached to the partition. Style filiform, glabrous 4
. It IS peculiarly gratifying to us to have to record the first
introduction to our collections of this truly splendid plant
M : Hayes Place: K ^ t, the L t of
Miss Traill, froin seeds collected at Guayaquil, in the state
Ladv S b b s b^ k ""fl® them to his aunt
o f e o?ibp 1 they were presented to Miss Traill.
One of the plants survived the winter in the open border and
this also happened to be the first to show flower, whiFh it
did m October last. The rest of the plants began to blossom
ritWn Í ’ 1 ‘‘PP^rently varying in the degree of inten-
sity in colour. In cultivation the plant rarely exceeds four
or five feet in height, and evidently possesses a hardier con-
stitution than arbórea. It delights in a friable rich soil, and
is easily increased by cuttings. In a sheltered border with
a southern aspect, we have no doubt of its flowering quite as
well as if retained in the conservatory. Both species are
natives of Peru, but the sanguínea is found at a much greater
elevation than the other. The plant is also found in n Iw
Granada, and it has been introduced into Chili, as we have
collected at Conception by Captain Beechev
S d c L M Floripondio encarnado
and Campanillas encarnadas, and from the bruised leaves an
ointment is prepared, which is said to possess superior heal-
: " |E Ä S “ r'"
_ Our drawing was taken from flowering specimens oblio--
N ^ L b e r “ " ^ ^ ^ ' beginning I f
The genus was named by Persoon after S. J. Brugmans
Professor of Natural History in the University of Leyden!
1. S e c tio n o f th e O v a r ium .