Tab. 4135 



HINDSIA VIOLACEA. 



Large-flowered Hindsia. 



Nat. Ord. Rubiace^e.— Pentandria Monogynia. 



HINDSIA. Benth. Calycis tubus turbinatus, limbus 4— 5-partitus, 

 iaciniis insequalibus hnearibus v. apice foliaceo-dilatatis. Corolla infundi- 

 buhiormis, tubo elongato, superne paullo inflato et inter stamina intua 

 barbato, iauce nuda, limbi Iaciniis 5 ovatis, sestivatione valvata. Antheree 

 lineares sub apice tubi subsessiles. Ovarium biloculare; placentas medio 

 dissepimento affixse, multiovulatee. Styli rami longi lineares compres- 

 siuscuh papilloso-hirti. Capsula calyce corticata, septicide bivalvis, val- 

 vule duns demum loculicide bipartitis. Semina numerosa non alata 

 (immatura ignota).— Frutices Austro-Americani. Folia opposita, petiolata, 

 ovata v sublanceolata. Stipule utrinque solitarice, ovatce, integrce v. glan- 

 duloso-dentatai intus sapius glandulosce. Flores ad apices ramorum in 

 cymas subfohatas dispositi, subsessiles, speciosi ; corollis cceruleo-violaceis. 

 Benth. 



Hindsia violacea; molliter pubescens, stipulis ovatis, foliis lato-ovatis basi 

 rotundatis, Iaciniis calycinis valde inaequalibus, majoribus supra me- 

 dium foliaceo-dilatatis. 



Hindsia violacea. Benth. in Bot. Reg. 1844, t. 40. 



The present Genus was constituted by Mr. Bentham, and 

 intended to include the Rondeletia longiflora, Cham., figured 

 at t. 3977 of the present work. It is dedicated to R. B. 

 Hinds, Esq., R. N., who accompanied Captain Sir Edward 

 Belcher in his surveying voyage in the Pacific, and who is 

 charged with the publication of the Natural History collec- 

 tions made during that voyage. Both the species are plants 

 oi great beauty, the present one eminently so. It is a native 

 of the Organ Mountains of Brazil, and was imported by Mr. 

 Veitch of Exeter (through his collector, Mr. William Lobb), 

 who received for it the large silver medal of the Horticultural 

 lft4 16tv ' S Garden . Exhibition, in May of the present year, 

 o44. The flowers are large, of an extremely handsome 

 violet-blue color, and of lonff duration. It requires the heat 

 of the stove. 



