Tab. 5450. 



THIBAUDIA SARCANTHA, 



Meshy -flowered Thibaudia. 



Nat. Ord. Vaccinie^. — Decandria Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx semiadha?rens, tubuloso-urceolatus, brevis, subcoriaceus, 

 limbo 5-partito, partitionibus dentiformibus erectis persistentibus. Corolla tubu- 

 loso-urceolata, 5-dentata, carnosa. Stamina 10 ; filamenta brevia, compressa, li- 

 nearia, glabra, nunc libera, nunc monadelpha. Anthera elongata?, biloculares, 

 basi libera?, medio adnata?, superne libera? furcata?, id est loculi supenie segregati 

 in tubulos vacuos elongati, rima longitudinal i dehiscentes. Discus epigynus, sub- 

 integer, obsolete 5-dentatus, vel 5-gonus. Bacca subglobosa, subangulosa, trun- 

 cata, calycis limbo carnoso-coriaceo 5-partito coronata, 5-locularis, loculis polv- 

 spermis. — Frutices ; caules erecti diffusique, ramosissimi. Gemma; florifera axil- 

 lares terminalesque, bracteis squamosis coriaceis subrolundis imbricatis teclce. Folia 

 alterna, coriacea, sempervirentia, breviter petiolata, petiolis scepe contortis, ssepius 

 integerrima, interdum denticulata vel serrata. Flores racemosi vel subumbellati, 

 pedicellis unifloris bibracteatis, sape cernuis interdum secundis. Gemma?, squama?, 

 bractea?, racemi, calyces, corolla? et bacca? sape rubicundi colom. Bacca? sapore 

 grato acido donates. Be Cand. 



Thibaudia sarcantha; ramis teretibus pendulis, foliis carnoso-coriaceis oblongo- 

 ovatis acuminato-acutis 3-5-venosis, corymbis lateralibus terminalibusque, 

 floribus uncialibus, pedicellis clavatis calycibusque in pedicello articulatis 

 campanulatis 5-dentatis viridibus, corolla insigniter carnosa urceolata, tubo 

 subgloboso rubro, limbo contracto flavo-viridi 5-dentato, deutibus erectis bre- 

 vibus. 



Psammisia sarcantha. Batem. in lilt. 



Psammtsia sclerophylla. Planch, et Linden, Fl. des Serres, v. 8. p. 205. t. 825 ? 



A most charming Vacciniaceous plant, we believe imported 

 from New Granada, cultivated by Mr. Bateman, and exhibited 

 at one of the late spring meetings of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society at Kensington Gardens by that gentleman, whence the 

 specimens were sent to be figured. The Psammisia sclerophylla, 

 Kl. in Linnaja, v. 24. p. 42, Thibaudia, Kth. et auct., Planch, et 

 jise 1st, 1864. 



