TAB. 5335. 
OURISIA coccinga. 
Scarlet-flowered Ourisia. 
Nat. Ord. ScropHULARIE®.—DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-lobus vel 5-partitus. Corolla infundibuliformis, incurva 
v. obliqua; diméi 5-fidi laciniis obtusis planis. Séamina 4, didynama, inclusa ; 
anthere subreniformes, loculis divaricatis confluentibus. S/ylus apice capitato- 
stigmatosus. Capsula loculicide bivalvis, valvulis medio septiferis placentis au- 
ferentibus. Semina plurima, testa laxa reticulata.—Herbe. basi rarius lignes- 
centes, Austro-Americanze vel Australasice. Folia opposita, nunc omnia con- 
Sormia, nune radicalia petiolata, caulina subnulla, floralia bracteeformia opposita 
vel verticillata. Flores aut awillares solitarii, aut ad apicem pedunculi v. capi- 
Sormes racemosi vel subumbellati. Benth. in De Cand. 
Ovrisra (§ Dicuroma) coccinea; caule brevissimo repente, foliis subradicali- 
bus longe petiolatis cordato-ovatis crenatis, floralibus oppositis cuneatis 
inciso-dentatis, racemo elongato, floribus dissitis, corolle tubo calyce plus 
triplo longiore. Benth. 
Ourtsia coccinea. Pers. Syn. Pl.v. 2. p. 169. Benth. in De Cand. Prodr. v.10. 
p. 192. Gay, Fl. Chil. v. 5. p. 132. 
DicHroma coccinea. Cav. Ic. v. 6. p. 59. t. 582. 
This truly lovely plant, never yet known in cultivation,"and = 
of which no coloured figure has anywhere appeared, wel tee 
cently imported from the Andes of Chili by those enterprismg 
and eminent nurserymen, Messrs. Veitch and Son (a firm, we 
believe, of three generations of the family), of Exeter, and Kings 
Road, Chelsea. ‘All the species of the genus are beautiful, and 
they number thirteen, inhabitants of the southern hemisphere, — ae 
and chiefly the extratropical regions on the high Andes of South =~ 
America, coming down to the coast in the Straits of Magellan. — 
Two species, O. chamedrifolia and muscosa, ave found in the 
Andes of Peru and Ecuador (Jameson): one is a native of New 
Zealand, and one of Tasmania. ‘There can be little doubt of 
O. coccinea proving a hardy plant in our gardens, as far as cli- — 
mate is concerned; but it is best cultivated in a cold frame, 
SEPTEMBER lst, 1862. 
