Specific Name and Character. 



Stigmaphyllum* heterophyllum; parce pilosum, foliis ovatis 

 obtusis cum mucrone v. subcordatis trilobis lobis ob- 

 longis obtusis lateralibus patentibus, petiolo iufra api- 

 cem biglanduloso, umbellis axillaribus plurifloris, sty- 

 lis apice foliaceis. 



A showy, handsome climber, hitherto cultivated in the 

 stove by Mr. Veitch, who raised it from seeds sent from 

 Buenos Ayres by Mr. Tweedie : but I have reason to be- 

 lieve, on the authority of specimens in my Herbarium, that 

 its native country is Tucuman, whence the seeds were 

 brought by Mr. Tweedie, and reared by him about Buenos 

 Ayres. It is a ready flowerer, and promises to be worthy of 

 cultivation in every stove or warm greenhouse, making 

 a beautiful object, if trained against trellis work. At 

 Exeter it flowered in December, 1842. 



Descr. Stem branched, climbing. Leaves opposite, 

 mostly ovate, waved, entire, very obtuse with a mucro ; not 

 unfrequently broader, almost cordate, deeply three-lobed ; 

 the lobes oblong-obtuse, with a mucro, the side ones spread- 

 ing ; colour dark green above, pale below. There are a 

 few scattered, appressed hairs, fixed by their middle, chiefly 

 on the under side of the leaves. Petioles about half or three 

 quarters of an inch long, with a large, depressed gland on 

 either side near the apex. Peduncles solitary, axillary, 

 thickened, shorter than the leaf, and bearing an umbel of 

 several rich yeWowJlowers. Calyx of five erect sepals, each 

 with two large glands on the back. Petals orbicular, 

 clawed, waved and ciliated at the margin. Stamens ten. 

 Styles three, each expanding into a foliaceous, green 

 stigma. 



* So called from ^^a, the stigma, and <pvK*», a leaf: the stigmas being 

 broad and leafy. ° 



Fig. 1. Flower, from which the Petals have fallen. 2. Petal:— magnified. 



