L'lLLUSTRATION HORTICOLE. 



Planche 40. 



SOSERIIA nARGiRITlGEA. 



SONEaitE A PBRLES. 



ttrvu. L*^tymologie de ce mot nous est mconnue; cVst vraisemblablement une 



d^dicaee. 



Hclaslomaceae § Melastomeffi §§ Miconiee §§§ Sonerilee. 



CHARACT, GENER. Flares Ivimevu 

 Calycis ohlongi subcylindnci v- trique- 

 tri rarius turbinati deiites simpliccs acuti 

 tubo s^pius breviorcs persistejiles v- 

 sero decidui. Petala ovala v- oblon^o- 

 ovata acuminata, nervo medio postice 

 SEcpissime ptlo50. Statnina Z cum pctalis 

 aitcrnantia, rarissimc 6 et tunc alterna- 

 tim in«equalia; anthcris nunc subulatis 

 V- lincaribus uniporosls, nunc ovatis 

 V. ovato-oblongjs obtnsis biporosis in- 

 terdumque admodum brevibus et quasi 

 truncatisj connGCtivo infra loculos nulio 

 postice autem supra lilamenti insertio- 

 nem basilarcm v, subdorsalem nonnun- 

 quam tuberculato- Ovarium omnino v. 

 vix non omnino adhcerens 3-loculare- 

 Stylus filiformis t. trigontis {basi coro- 

 nula integra *). trifida^ apice redo v, 

 truncalo^ cum ovarii vertice mnfluente 

 dreumdaius)^ siigmate punctiformi v. 

 capitcllato, Capsuia calycis tubo persis- 

 tcntc {eoronii^a supra citata) vcslita ut 

 pJurimum triquetra apice nmbilicata 

 o-vaivis, {Spermophora cum lamina intc- 

 gerrima angulo interno loculi afHxa. Bl.). 

 Semina magis miuusve regulariter ovoi- 

 dea V- pyramidala (diffomiia tubercu- 

 lato^aspera. Bl.)- 



Herbse interdnm suffnttesemten in /nr 

 dia orientali insuUsque vicinis indigence, 

 inter Melastoniaceas oft /lores trtmeros 

 (rarissime tetrameros Bh,) menwrabifes, 

 habitu axitem maxime hcterogeno^ caw-* 

 iescentGS et subacanles glabrcs ct hirsutw, 

 foliis haud infreqnmter mawime iitm^ 

 qualibus et beteromorphis ; floribus ut 

 pturimum in racemos scorpioideos dispO" 



TOM, II. — JANV, I83S. 



sitis purpureis v.' viotaceis rarius albis, 



C. TfAtDiir, Mttast. 338-319 at in Ann. 

 Sc. nat, XV. (dout, sor.) c, jc; excep- 

 tis parenlh. itatieis 2 nostris et alus 

 romanh CI. Bli;he (I. i. c.) 



Sonerila Roib, PI. ind. Wall. I, ISO. J««i, in 

 Hook, fiot Miae. U. 63. Bluve, in Ffora, I83K 

 490. et in Mus. lugd. bou 1, 10. Wau, PJ. as. JL 

 t. 102. WtGiiT a Aen, Prodr- I. 321. Kgmtb. Vrr- 

 bdndL o. d. D. Gesch* 248, EfoTL», et Bbbh. FJ. 

 Jav. rar. %U. Royle, Himal. i. ^.G> Den, Sm, 

 ir. 775. Zbhieb, PL md. fasc. 11. 18. l, 18 Eml, 

 Gen, PI 6192, AIeish. Gen. PL 114 (81. 33!V). ^ 

 .Rot. Mhv. 1. 4394, Lond. Journ. of Bot. VJI. 672. 

 i 23, Walp, Rep. 1. 122, V. 684, Annal. il. COO, 

 III. add, 884, — Cassebeeria D&hhgt. ad. B, mal. 9, 

 t. 65. Don Kaulf. 



CHARACT. SPECIF. 5. caule ramoso 

 petiolisquc dense gland tiloso-papiUosulis, 

 potiolis opposilis robustis brevibus cras^ 

 sis sub lamina longe promiiicntlbusj 

 foliis ellipticis (obovato-lanceolatis se- 

 rins?) basi subcordato-cuQcatis acutis, 

 supra nitidis maculisque suborbiculari- 

 bus intranerviis argcnteis pluriseriatis 

 sparsis, nc/viis infra prominent Jbus sim- 

 pncibus pennatim longitudinalibus pau- 

 cisquo aculeis subdistantibus bamatis no- 

 fatis, margine spinescenti-uneinato-den* 

 tato; peduncubs erectis folio brevio- 

 ribus umbellatim 3-7-flopis ; floribus 

 trimcris ; ^cdicellis brevissimis basi 

 bractca minima sufTultis ; calycis denti* 

 bus brevissimis crassiusculis acutis, pe- 

 talis lanccolatis acutis nudis: filamentis 

 planis, antheris elongato-subulatis basi 

 sagittatis; stylo robusto triangular! basi 

 Goronnia elcvata rede apice truncata tri- 

 fida cincto; ovario oblongo trigono, pla- 

 centis orbicularibus multi-ovulatis. Rob, 

 ex vivo! 



Sonerila margaritacea hmtu in Gard. Chron, 

 p, 727. 11 noir«mbre 1854, 



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