1053 
GONOLOBUS grandiflorus. 
Large-flowered Gonolobus. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ASCLEPIADER. 
GONOLOBUS. Supra, vol. 3. fol. 252. 
G. grandiflorus ; caule pedunculisque hirtis, foliis cordato-ovatis acuminatis 
subtús glaucis, petalis ovato-acuminatis coriaceis. (R. Br.) Rom. et 
Schultes sp. pl. 6. 61. 
Cynanchum grandiflorum; Cavanilles, ic. vol. 1. p. 14. t. 21. Willd. sp. pl. 
1, 1254. 
Folia cordato-ovata, acuminata, baseos sinu aperto: lobis rotundatis, 
utrinque leviter, ut et petioli, pilosa, subtús pallidiora. Umbelle interpetio- 
lares, pedunculo piloso petiolorum longitudine, involucro obsoleto, hinc mono- 
phyllo; pedicelli filiformes, pilosi, floribus longiores. Calyx pentaphyllus, 
patens, foliolis linearibus, acuminatis, hirsutis, corolla brevioribus. Corolla 
inexplicata subrotundo-ovata, acuminata; aperta rotata, 5-partita, viridi- 
lutea, laciniis planis, coriaceis, ovatis, acuminatis, extús pubescentibus, intis ad 
faucem annularem velutinis ; squamse quinque, purpurea, transverse, petalis 
opposite, intra faucem, tubum occultantes. Corona purpurea, 5 angularis. 
First described by Cavanilles, from specimens raised in 
the Madrid garden, from seeds collected in the tropical 
part of South America. The plant from which our draw- 
ing was made, is, as we are informed by Mr. Tate, at 
whose nursery the figure was taken, the produce of Mexico, 
whence its seed was brought by R. P. Staples, Esq.: we 
have also seen it in collections received from Trinidad. 
Although this is the finest species of its genus, it is by 
no means handsome when growing alone; but mixed with 
other creépers, from which it can borrow a better foliage 
than its own, it becomes a desirable plant. It is a tender 
stove climber, flowering in September; very easily culti- 
vated in light loam and peat, in a strong damp heat. 
