Our first knowledge of this delicate and dtiacate species 
of Indian Cress was derived from specimens gathered in 
the Chilian Andes, not far from Valparaiso, by Mr. Brivess, 
By the natives it is called Flor de Perdiz. Mr. Cumine 
introduced it to our gardens, and it is now cultivated in 
several greenhouses besides those of Woburn Abbey, whence 
our specimen here represented was sent in June, 1840, by 
Mr. Forses. It is a scandent plant ; and if the stems and 
branches are allowed to grow in a compact manner around 
some upright sticks in a pot, the copious bright yellow 
flowers are well relieved by the delicate green of the foliage, 
and the effect is exceedingly pretty. 
Descr. Stems very slender, filiform, herbaceous, pale 
green, scandent, much branched, a foot and a half to two 
feet long. Leaves peltate, petiolate, nearly orbicular in 
their circumscription, deeply six to seven-lobed, the lobes 
between oblong and obovate, very obtuse, entire, bright 
green above, somewhat glaucous and paler beneath. 
Petioles about an inch long, slender, wavy and often 
performing the functions of tendrils. Peduncles axillary, 
resembling the petioles, but longer, and a little stouter, 
single-flowered. Calyx bell-shaped, green, cut into five 
deep, ovate, rather acute, and moderately spreading 
segments ; prolonged at the base, above the insertion of 
the peduncle, into a conical, obtuse spur, about half the 
length of the calyx. Corolla of five spreading, yellow 
petals, twice or thrice as long as the calyx, two-lobed 
at the apex; the three lower ones obovate, and of an 
uniform yellow colour; the two upper rather smaller, more 
cuneate, marked with purple veins at the bottom. 
Fig. 1. Front view of a Flower. 2. Side view of the Calyx with 
Stamens :—magnified, 
