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*HABROTHAMNUS purpureus. 
Purple Habrothamnus. 
PENTANDRIA MONOG'YNIA. 
Nat. ord. CESTRACEE. 
HABROTHAMNUS. Calyx campanulatus, quinquedentatus. Co- 
rolla hypogyna, clavato-tubulosa, tubo longo, limbo quinquedentato, con- 
tracto. Stamina 5, medio coroll: tubo inserta, inclusa ; filamenta simplicia. 
Anthere longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium biloculare, placentis oblongis, 
dissepimento adnatis, pluriovulatis. Stylus simplex ; stigma capitatum, 
obsolete bilobum. Bacca calyce cincta, bilocularis. Semina pauca, angu- 
lata, umbilico ventrali. Embryo in axi albuminis carnosi rectus ; cotyledo- 
nibus foliaceis, radicula tereti, infera. Frutices mexicani, glabri v. sub- 
tomentoso-pubescentes, pilis articulatis ; foliis alternis, integerrimis, floribus 
inequaliter cymosis, corollis baccisque rubris.—Endl, gen. p. 667. no. 3867. 
H. purpureus; ramulis foliisque subtus pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis ovato- 
lanceolatis acuminatis, cymis terminalibus, calyce obconico glabro, 
corollz laciniis acutis ciliatis. 
H. elegans, Hort. 
H. purpureus, Supra mise. no. 19. p. 12. 
The beauty of Habrothamnus fasciculatus is so striking 
that attention is strongly drawn to the discovery of other 
species in Mexico; and the Belgians have vest succeeded 
in adding that now represented, which, although not com- 
parable with H. fasciculatus, is evidently a graceful and gay- 
looking plant. We received fresh specimens from Mr. Van 
Houtte, Nurseryman, Ghent, in January last, and with them 
a coloured figure by Mr. Van Damme. From these mate- 
rials the accompanying figure has been made. We however 
fear that justice has hardly been done to the colours, partly 
because of the specimen having flowered in the winter, and 
partly because it is probable that pressure and packing had 
* So named from åßpòc, gay, and Sapvoc, a shoot or branch, in allusion 
to the beauty of the species. 
