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RONDELETIA LONGIFLORA. BlUE-FLOWERED 

 RONDELETIA. 



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Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Rubiace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cal. tubus subglobosus, limbus 4 — 5-partitus, lobis ob- 

 longis linearibusve acutis persistentibus. Cor. tubo cylin- 

 drico vix apice subventricoso, limbo patente 4 — 5-lobo, 

 lobis subrotundis. Antherce 4 — 5 in apice tubi inclusae, 

 sessiles. Stigma bifidum. Capsula globosa calyce coro- 

 nata bilocularis, ex apice dehiscens in valvulas 2 saepius 

 apice fissas, unde saepe 4-valvis videtur, nunc loculicido- 

 rarius septicido-dehiscens. Placenta centrales. Semina 

 plurima minima ovato-angulata, saepe 2 tantum in loculo 

 maturescentia. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Rondeletia (Pentamera) longiflora ; foliis lato-lanceolatis 

 in petiolum brevem attenuatis acuminatis, margine re- 

 flexo Yenisque utrinsecus 7 — 10 subtus prominulis 

 scabro-strigillosis, axillis venarum barbatis, caeterum 

 glabris, panicula terminali foliosa fastigiata, ramis 

 cymoso-trifloris, corollas tubo bipollicari t'auce inflata, 

 laciniis ellipticis acuminatis acutis. Cham. 



Rondeletia longiflora. Cham, in Linrnza, v. 9. p. 240. 



It is but a few months ago that we figured a Rondeletia 

 (Tab. 3933) remarkable for its bright colours of red and 

 yellow, a native of Havana and Mexico : and now there has 

 recently been introduced to our gardens, through the exer- 

 tions of Mr. Veitch of Exeter, a Brazilian species, with 

 copious purple-blue flowers, which is no less worthy of cul- 

 tivation 



