1819 
* OCHRANTHE arguta. 
Fine-toothed Palebloom. 
PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. HYPERICACEE ANOMALE. 
OCHRANTHE. Calyx membranaceus, 5-phyllus, imbricatus, corolle 
.pefitapetale simillimus. Stamina 5 hypogyna. Discus urceolatus pentagonus. 
Carpella 3, basi juncta, stylis disjunctis. Ovula cuique carpello 6, placent 
centrali affixa. Folia opposita, serrata. —Stipule interpetiolares serrata. 
Flores terminales, pallidi. 
Ochranthe arguta. ; 
Caulis fruticosus, glaber, adultus cinereus, junior viridis cinereo macu- 
latus. Folia opposita, glabra, petiolata, obovato-lanceolata, acuminata, 
serrata, basi integra. Stipule intrapetiolares, ovate, serrulate, pallide. 
Thyrsus terminalis, congestus, pauciflorus. Flores inodori, albidi, demum 
flavescentes. Pedicelli basi 1-, medio 2-bracteati, glabri. Calyx erecto-patens, 
irregularis, 5-phyllus ; sepalis concavis, obtusis, inequalibus, exterioribus 
corolla brevioribus, margine subciligtis, estivatione imbricatis 3. Petala 5, 
hypogyna, subconvoluta, rard aliquot patentia, unguiculata, oblonga, obtusa, 
versus medium 3-venia. Stamina 5, hypogyna, erecta, rigida, pistilli longi- 
tudine, petalis alterna ; anthere medio affixe, introrse, erecte, biloculares, 
longitudinaliter dehiscentes ; pollen: rotundo-triquetrum, angulis (inflatis ?) 
globosis pellucidis, nunc subrotundum angulis nullis. Discus cyathiformis, 
pentagonus, carnosus, angulis planatis. "Ovarium superum, ovatum, obtuse 
trigonum, stylis 3 subulatis erectis, versus basin pilis raris patentibus ; 3- 
loculare, ovulis circiter 6 in utroque loculo, placente versus apicem axeos 
appensıs. 
A native of China, and consequently a Greenhouse plant. 
It flowered in the Garden of the Horticultural Society so 
long since as March 1826; but shortly after died, and has 
never again made its appearance. We have kept the draw- 
ing ever since in our portfolio, in the hope of the species being . 
* From úxpoc pale, and avŠoc a flower. 
