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MARIANTHUS CHRULEO-PUNCTATUS. Brus — 
. SPOTTED MARIANTHUS. 
KEKE KEE EEE EEE EEE EE 
Class and Order. 
PentranpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Prrrosporez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx minimus, quinquepartitus, laciniis equalibus. Pe- 
tala 5, equalia, spathulata unguibus linearibus basi conni- 
ventia, apice campanulato-patentia. Stamina 5, hypogyna, 
adscendentia ; anthere ovate, obtuse, basi emarginata in- 
serta, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovartum declinatum, 
oblongum, compressum, biloculare. Ovula in loculis plu- 
rima, biseriata, anatropa. Stylus filiformis subfalcatus, ova- 
rio continuus; stigma capitatum. Fructus..... Hugel. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Mariantuus* ceruleo-punctatus ; ramis pubescentibus fili- 
formibus longissimis volubilibus, foliis brevi-petiolatis 
evanescente villosiusculis inferioribus spathulatis bre- 
vissime acutis grosse serrato-dentatis aut pinnatisectis 
superioribus oblongis utrinque acutis integerrimis, pe- 
dunculis solitariis pubescentibus in apice ramulorum 
oppositifoliis corymbosis 7—19 floris, floribus pallide 
violaceis, foliolis calycis pilosis, corolla petalis oblongis 
acutissimis 3 superioribus medio expallentibus ceruleo- 
punctatis, antheris ceruleis. Link, Klotz., et Otto. 
Marrantuus ceruleo-punctatus. Link, Klotz. Sch. et Otto, 
Icon. PL Rar. Hort. Reg. Bot. Berol. p. 28. t. 12. 
Drummond Swan River, Pl. No. 3, in Herb. Hooker. 
This very curious and interesting plant flowered in the 
stove of Mr. Cunnincuam’s Nursery, Comely Bank, Edin- 
burgh, in March, 1841, I believe for the first time in Britain, 
and very soon after it flowered in the greenhouse of the 
Royal 
* Iam unacquainted with the derivation of this word. Probably, how- 
ever, it is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, on account of the pure whiteness 
of the blossoms of the first discovered species. 
