Tab. 5629. 



pleeoma sarmentosa. 



Sarmentose Pleroma. 



Nat. Ord. Melastomace^:. — Decandeia Monootnia. 



Gen. Char. Cahjcis tubus paleaceus hirsutus v. strigoaus, ovoidotis cam- 

 panulatus v. elongatus ; lobi 5, subulati lanceolati v. oblongi, decidui. 

 Petala 5, obovata, ssepe insequilatera et retusa. Stamina 10, o?qualia v. 

 subsequalia, filamentis glabris pilosis v. glandulpsis; antherae consimiles, 

 lineari-subulatas, arcuatae, connectivo basi breviter v. longius producto an- 

 tice 2-tuberculato iuappendiculato. Ovarium liberum v. basi cost is 5 

 calyci adhserens, vertice liispidum v. setosura, 5-loculare ; stylus filiformis, 

 curvus, glaber v. pilosus, stigmate punctiformi. Capsida 5-valvis, calvce 

 inclusa. Semina cochleata. — Frutices^ suffrutices. rarius herba% America 

 australis tropica et subtropicce incolce, interdum scandentes, scepius kispidfg v. 

 strigoso-hirsutce. Folia petiolata, ovata v. oblonga, integerrima. Flores 

 smpissime paniculati, purpurei v. violacei. 



Lasiandea sarmentosa ; fruticulus patentim villosus, ramis ramulisque sar- 

 mentosis, foliis breviter petiolatis ovatis ovato-oblongisve aeutis basi 

 rotundatis cordatisve 7-nerviis utrinque pilosis, paniculis 3-chotomis 

 terminalibus paucifloris, pedicellis brevibus, calycis tubo obovoideo v. 

 subgloboso dense tomentoso, lobis subulato-lauceolatis recurvis tuho 

 longioribus, petalis late cuneato-obovatis violaceis, filamentis glabris, 

 antheris majoribus connectivo basi producto basi 2-tuberculato, mino- 

 ribus connectivo breviore 2-tuberculato, ovarium ad medium calyci 

 costis 5 adhaerente. 



Lasiandea sarmentosa. Naud. in Ann. 8c. Nat. ser. 3. v. 13. p. 130. 



Ch^togastra sarmentosa. DC. Prodr. v. 3. p. 134. 



Rhexia sarmentosa. Bonpl. Rhex. t. 10. 



A very beautiful plant, discovered by Humboldt and Bon- 

 pland in the cool valleys of Peru, near Cuenca, and since 

 collected by Dr. Jameson at the same spot, alt. 8000 feet, 

 and elsewhere; by Spruce, at the base of Chimborazo ; and 

 by Dr. Seemann, at Loxa and Cuenca, etc., who observes 

 that it is very common and called " Flore de Gallinaso." 

 The specimen here figured was flowered in December, 1866, 

 by our zealous correspondent Isaac Anderson Henry, F.L.S., 

 of Edinburgh, from seeds sent by Dr. Jameson. As this 

 marcu 1st, 18G7. 



