Tab. 5671. 



EPIMEDITJM alpinum; var. rubrum. 



Hell-flowered Barren-wort. 



-Nat. Ord. Bekberide^e. — Tetrandria Moxogyxia. 



Oen.^ CJmr. Sepala 8, petaloidea, plana, exterioribus minoribus minusque 

 coloratis, et petala 4 nectariformia cucmllata v. calcarata 4-fariam super- 

 posita. Stamina 4, libera ; antherse valvulis 2 sursum dehiscentes. Car- 

 pellum 1, stigmate parum dilatato ; ovula co, juxta suturam ventralem 2- 

 seriiilia. Capsula siliqureformis, 2-valvis, valva e'orsali minore decidun. m:i- 

 jorem placentiferam nudaute. Semina pauca, raphe ariilrcformi ; embryo 

 leviter ineurvus. — Herbae Europse et Asia? temperatae incohe, rUzomate re- 

 pente. Folia pinnatim semel lisve 3-secta,folio7is denticulatis, caul ina 1-2. 

 -Kaeemi simplices v. subramosi, terminales v. oppositifolii. Flores varie 

 color at i. 



-CiPiMEDirM alpinum ; sparse gland uloso-pilosum, foliis radicalibus v. cau- 

 linis 2-ternatis, foliolis ovato-cordatis acuminatis ciliolato-serratis, se- 

 palis concavis obtusis, petalis interioribus cucullatis in calcar horizon- 

 tale petalum exterius subscquans productis, antheris linearibus apicu- 

 latis filamentis brevibus. 



var. rubrum; foliis rubro-marginatis, petalis exterioribus rubris. 



Epimedium rubrum. Morren in Journ. d'Hort. 1844. Begel in Ind. Sem. 

 Rort. Petrop. 185G, p. 33. Gartenflom, 1857, p. 21. 



A very elegant, hardy, herbaceous plant, equally suited 

 for the shady border or rockwork, and for early greenhouse 

 decoration. Originally introduced into the St. Petersburg 

 Gardens, from Japan, in 1844, and since cultivated in various 

 establishments. The specimen here figured has flowered in 

 the Royal Gardens in April and May for several years past. 

 I find no character whatever, except the rather larger size and 

 the red colour of the flowers, by which it may be distin- 

 guished from the well-known reddish-yellow-flowered Epi- 

 medium alpinum, a plant of which no detailed description is 

 required. 



It is very much to be desired that plants of the habit of 

 growth of that here figured should be more extensively culti- 

 vated. Their forms are peculiarly graceful, and suited for 

 pot-culture and table-decoration; their bright foliage i> 



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