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Frutex (fide Drumm, L c) 5-6-pedalis, gracillimus, ramis numerosis, floribus 



sanguineisj colore scil. loborxim 



transparente. 



dulis 



structure 



four 



distinct oues, instead of which however, — and in our opinion quite 



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tata. PedicelH, bracteolse, alabastra prsecedentis. Calycis expansi diam. 

 9-10 lin.j lobis 2dse et 3tiae seriei argenteo -nitidis, dentiuni pennxilis 3 lin. 

 longis. Antherse muticse. 



Closely allied to the following, but with smaller leaves and 

 flowers, and differing besides in the lobes and colour of the calyx, 

 and in the fringed petals. 



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11. Veeticoedia GRANPI9, Dnimmond in HooJc. Jom^n. 1853, p. 119, \ 



glaberrima, ramis virgatis gracilibus, foUis imbricatis glaucis orbicularibus 

 planis basi emarginatia tenuiter 5-7-nerviis margine anguste scarioso dia' 

 phanis, raceme folioso apice sterili, peduneulis folium sequantibus, bracteo- 

 lis membranaeeis cucullatis infra apiccm mucronatis, calycis tubo obconico 

 Icevi glabro inferne obsolete 5-costato, limbo 3-seriali, seriei extcrioris lobis 

 5 deflexis coriaceis ovato-oblongis integerrimis tubum sequantibus eique 

 dorso semiadnatis basi contigiiis, seriei secundse lobis 5 petaloideis sub- 

 spat hulat is tubum suba^quantibus fimbriato-ciliatis (roseis), seriei tertia? 

 lobis 5 patentibus purpureis latis truncatis inciso-multidentatis, dentibus 

 palmatlm multipartitis roseis nitidis, lacinulis setaceis dens& plumo30- 





eiliatis, petalis obovatis minute serridatis, filamentis subidatis, sterilibus 

 antheras muticas subsuperantibus, stylo poUicari eompresso infra apiccm 

 obtusiusculuui pilosiusculo. 



Ilah, secus Hill Biver. Drumm, I, c, coll. 6. n. 44 ! I 



A most splendid species, much resembling V. oculata in habit 

 and characters, but of a stouter growth and w^ith larger leaves 

 and flowers, the former being 6-8, the latter 10-12 lines in dia- 

 meter. The branches are often densely covered for a foot or more 

 in length with scarlet flowers, whicli however appear never to 

 reach to their top, which continues to grow on, and is thickly 

 covered with leaves only. The beautiful and delicate feather-like 

 divisions of tlie inner lobes of the calyx are 4-5 lines long, and 

 quite straight. The peduncles are compressed, and show at their 

 top two very short and rounded opposite lobes, which are probably 

 rudimentary exterior bracteola?. The flower-buds in their bimu- 

 cronate involucre are globose, rose-coloured, and the latter, cut off* 

 as it were at the base, is thrown off* later than in other species, 

 either in form of a half-split calyptra, or separated into two cucul- 



late bracteoles. 



Ohs. From the above descriptions it will be seen that the calyx 





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