Tab. 5669. 



BOKDELETIA Purdiei. 



Mr. Purdie s Rondel eti a. 



Nat. Ord. Rubiace^.— Pen-tatn'dria Monooyxia. 



Gen. Char. Calycis tubus subglobosus ; limbus 4-5-partitus, lobis ob- 

 longis linearibusve acutis persistentibus. Corolla tubus cylindricus, limbo 

 patenti 4-5-fido, lobis subrotundatis. Stamina 4-5 ; anthers fauce calyeia 

 msertae, sessiles. inclusie. Discus tumidus. Ovarium 2-loculnre ; stylus 

 filiformis, stigraate 2-fido ; ovula numerosa, placentis septo aduatis affiza. 

 Capsida globosa, calycis limbo coronata, 2-locularis, ab apice ad basin loculi- 

 cide v. septicide in valvas 2 apice fissis dehiscens, polysperma. Semina 

 minima, angulata, 2 v. plura perfecta. — Frutices v. arbuscula> America? tro- 

 picae incol/z. Folia sessilia v. pctiolata. Stipube inirrpctiolarrs, deltoidea 

 v. Uneari-lanceolatfS. Flores inter minores, in pedttnculos axillares 3-cho- 

 tomos paniculasve tape multifloras terminates disposili. 



Eondeletia Purdiei ; ramulis et iuflorescentia subsericeo-puberulis, foliis 

 ovato-oblongis obtusiusculis in petiolum brevem angustatis v. basi 

 contracta cordata utrinque glaberrimis v. subtus ad nervos puberulis, 

 nervis plurhnis, stipulis deltoideis, floribus iu corymbos terminales 

 densifloros 3-cbotome ramosos dispositis 4-5-meris Juris, calycis lobis 

 subulato-lanceolatis tubo subaequi longis, corolla? flava? lobis glabris, 

 fauce aunulo tumido 5-lobo aucto. 



A very charming and fragrant hothouse shrub, a native of 

 various parts of Venezuela and New Granada, and intro- 

 duced into the Royal Gardens, upwards of twenty ypars ago, 

 by Mr. Purdie, an eminent collector for the establishment. 

 who was afterwards Curator of the Botanic Garden at Tri- 

 nidad. Mr. Purdie sent it from the province of St. Martha, 

 where it has been also collected by Goudot and by Schlim 

 (n. 17 and 926), and the same plant has been found in 

 Venezuela by Fendler (n. 586). 



As a species it is well marked by the obtuse leaves, which 

 are suddenly contracted to a narrow base, their numerous 

 oblique veins, and the large corymbs of yellow flowers ; the 

 mouth of whose corolla is surrounded by a thickened ring. 

 It is a free flowerer, and very fragrant. 

 OCTOBER 1st, 1867. 



