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STIGMAPHYLLON jatrophefolium. 
Jatropha-leaved Stigmaphyllon. 
DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. MALPIGHIACEZ. 
STIGMAPHYLLON. Aug. de St. Hil. Supra, vol. 20. t. 1659. 
S. jatrophefolium ; folis palmato-5-7-fidis-partitisve acutis serrato-ciliatis 
cordatis lobis basi divergentibus glabris petiolatis, petiolo apice biglan- 
duloso, samaris . . . . Adr. de Juss. Fl. Bras. merid. 3. 51. t. 170. 
According to M. Auguste de St. Hilaire this little plant 
is an inhabitant of rocky places near the fort of Salto on the 
banks of the Uruguay, in the province of Rio Grande do Sul, 
where it creeps over the surface of the soil. Our own herba- 
rium contains Brazilian specimens of the plant communicated 
by the Royal Herbarium of Berlin from Sellow’s collections. 
The figure now given was taken from a fresh branch sent 
last July anonymously from Liverpool to the Editor of the 
Gardener's Chronicle. We, therefore, conclude that it will 
soon make its appearance in the collections round London. 
No doubt it will be a very pretty twiner, well suited for culti- 
vation in pots attached to trellis. Its leaves are a clear light 
green, and beautifully cut; it appears, however, from the 
figure above quoted, that they are sometimes heart-shaped 
and undivided. 
The whole genus is worth cultivation, and some of the 
species extremely handsome. They amount to 45, according 
to M. Adrien de Jussieu, and are found in most of the warmer 
parts of South America, especially Brazil. Some of them are 
Banisterias of authors. 
Of the cultivation of this plant we can of course know 
nothing certain. It is however probable that it will prove 
suited to a greenhouse; but as it is found trailing among 
stones it will no doubt require full exposure to all the sun 
February, 1844. E 
