C 4022 ) 



Cestrum viridiflorum. Green-flowered 



Cestrum. 



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Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Solane^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, 5-dentatus. Corolla in- 

 fundibuliformis limbo plicato 5-fido. Stamina tubo inserta 

 subdenticulata. Bacca 1-locularis, polysperma. 



Specific Name and Character. 



Cestrum viridiflorum; totum pilis stellatis tomentosum, 

 filarnentis edentulis, foliis ovato-Ianceolatis breviter 

 petiolatis supra demum nudis, spicis simplicibus axil- 

 laribus pedunculatis folio brevioribus, bracteis lineari- 

 lanceolatis calycem asquantibus deciduis, calycis cylin- 

 dracei dentibus tubum dimidio aequautibus, corollae 

 tubo elongato gracili superne campanulato, limbo 

 quinquepartito patente. 



My first knowledge of this highly fragrant Cestrum was 

 from specimens, sent by Mr. Tweedie from Porto Alegre in 

 South Brazil, where it is seen in woods, and it was re- 

 marked that it diffused a sweet scent at night, as is fre- 

 quently the case with flowers of this peculiar colour. It was 

 afterwards, in 1836, transmitted by the same indefatigable 

 collector from woods of St. Janvier, and on the eastern side 

 of the Cordillera, in Tucuman. At the same time seeds of 

 it were sent by Mr. Tweedie to Mr. D. Moore of the Glas- 

 nevin Botanic Garden, where flowering plants were produc- 

 ed last year. This able cultivator observes that, " though 

 the flowers are not very showy, they are produced very 



abundantly, 



