was discovered by the late Allan Cunningham, and named 

 by him in Loudon's " Hortus Britannicus." Mr. C. also 

 introduced it to the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, where 

 it is treated as a greenhouse plant, and bears its lovely 

 blossoms, milk-white with a deep rose-coloured eye, in the 

 month of August. m . 



Descr. Stem climbing, glabrous. Leaves impari-pm- 

 nate, with from five to seven, or, occasionally, even nine 

 leaflets, which are sessile or nearly so, between ovate and 

 lanceolate, tapering, yet blunt at the point, quite glabrous. 

 Panicle terminal, subcorymbose, of several large, hand- 

 some, showy flowers. Calyx very small, campanulate, of 

 five nearly equal, broad, but acute teeth. Corolla between 

 funnel and bell -shaped, very delicate milk-white, the throat 

 rose-red, the limb of five nearly equal, spreading, rounded, 

 somewhat waved and crenated lobes. Style and stamens 

 quite included within the tube of the corolla. Stigma two- 

 lipped. 



Fig. 1. Calyx and Pistil : magnified. 



