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SCHUBERTIA gravéolens. 
Strong-scented Schubertia. 
PENTANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
o E ord. ASCLEPIADACEX. | (ASCLEPIADS, Vegetable Kingdom, 
p. 623. 
SCHUBERTIA, Mart.—Calyz alte quinquepartitus, sepalis magnis 
erecto-patentibus. Corolla infundibuliformis ; tubus basi globoso-penta- 
gonus, sursum constrictus cylindricus ; lacinise lineares v. lanceolatee, hori- 
zontaliter patentes ; sguamule quinque carnose tubo introrsum decurrentes, 
ima basi gynostegium brevem confuse. Anthere membrana brevi terminate. 
Masse pollinis obovate, compressiuscule, pendule. Stigma turbinatum, 
vertice convexo-planum, brevissime biumbonatum. Folliculi. .... 
Frutices Americani volubiles, hirsuti, lactescentes ; folia opposita ; flores um- 
“gh speciosi, subcarnosi, introrsum sepius barbati.—Decaisne in DC. Prodr. 
. 535. 
S. graveolens; caule villoso, foliis cordatis obovatis obtusis acuminatisque 
molliter pubescentibus suprà lucidis, umbellá 6-7-florá pilosá pedunculo 
petiolis multó longiore, corollae tubo intus nudo lacinias limbi ovatas 
zequante. 
S. graveolens, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838.mise. no.2. Decaisne in DC. Prodr. 
viii. 535. 
Physianthus auricomus, Graham in Bot. Mag. £. 3891. August, 1841. 
S. auricoma, Decaisne, l. c. 
This plant was first published in the present work, in 
January 1838, under the name of S. graveolens, from a small 
specimen of the end of a branch furnished by the Messrs. 
Hendersons, of Pine- Apple Place, and it received its specific 
name in consequence of its flowers having a strong but not 
unpleasant odour, which, in the summer, becomes even agree- 
able. Lady Wilton had procured it from Brazil. 
Afterwards, in August 1841, Dr. Graham having found it 
growing in Mr. Blackburn's garden at Hales, near Liverpool, 
mistook it for a Physianthus (or Arauja) and published an 
account of it in the Botanical Magazine, calling it auricomus 
or the golden-haired, in allusion to the long brown hairs 
which clothe it. Had he perceived that it was in reality a 
Schubertia, he would probably have recognized it in our 
S. graveolens, notwithstanding that its leaves were described 
