( 3882 ) 
CALLISTACHYS LINEARIS. RED-FLOWERED 
CALLISTACHYS. 
KKK KKK KEKE EK EEK EE EK 
Class and Order. 
DecanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Lereuminos4. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx bilabiatus, labio sup. bifido, infer. tripartito. Cor. 
vexillo erecto et petalis carinz demissis inter se equalibus 
longiore. Stam. disco inserta! Stylus incurvus. Stegma 
simplex acutum. Legumen stipitatum lignosum apice de- 
hiscens, junius multiloculare septulis transversis demum 
evanidis, polyspermum.—Frutices Australasict. Folia ver- 
ticillata aut sparsa, integra, subtus sericea. Racemi termi- 
nales, conferti. Calyces et fructus villosissimi. Flores 
lutet. De Cand. 
Specifie Character and Synonyms. 
Cauustacuys linearis; foliis elongatis linearibus mucro- 
natis reticulatis margine revolutis, racemis laxiusculis 
terminalibus. Benth. 
Caxurstacnys linearis. Benth. in Hugel, Enum. Plant. Nov. 
Holl. p. 27. 
Canuistacuys sordida. Graham MSS. 
This species is interesting as presenting an unusual co- 
lour in the Genus, but its blossoms greatly disappointed the 
expectations raised by the name, “ Crimson Callistachys,” 
under which it had been received at the garden of the 
Caledonian Horticultural Society. It flowered there in 
October, 1840, and has no pretensions to beauty. It was 
received both at the establishment mentioned, and at the 
Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from Mr. Low of ia 
5 
