Tab. 4187. 



TACSONIA MOLLISSIMA. 



Downy-leaved Tacsonia. 





Nat. Orel. Passifloke^;. — Monadeephia Pentandria. 



Gen. Char. Calycis tubus longus, limbus 10-lobus, faux membraua squamu- 

 losa instructa. — Habitus Passiflorae. Be Cand. 



Tacsonia (§ Bracteogama) mollissima ; foliis tripartitis pubescentibus subtus 

 toraentosis basi cordatis laciniis ovato-lanceolatis serratis, petiolis pluri- 

 glandulosis, stipubs semiovatis cuspidato-acuminatis dentatis, pedunculo 

 unifloro, flore glaberrimo, calycis segmentis intus color atis (roseis), nectario 

 glanduloso ad faucem tubi. 



Tacsonia mollissima. H. B. K. Nov. Gen. Am. v. 2. p. 144. Be Cand. Prodr. 4 

 p. 334. 



A worthy companion to the scarcely less beautiful T. pinnati- 

 stipula, figured at our Tab. 4062 ; and, like it, only requiring a 

 cool greenhouse ; for though indigenous in the tropics of New 

 Grenada, yet growing at a height of nine to ten thousand 

 feet above the level of the sea, it is evident that a temperate cli- 

 mate suits it best. It probably occupies an extensive geographical 

 range at the elevations just mentioned. Humboldt found it about 

 Santa Fe de Bogota, and Mr. W. Lobb in woods near Quito. 

 It is from seeds sent home by the latter to Messrs. Veitch at 

 Exeter, that the plants were raised from which the accompanying 

 figure was taken, and these we have reason to know will soon 

 be brought into the market. 



From Mr. Veitch we have received the following particulars. 

 " We have cultivated it in the stove, but there the flowers inva- 

 riably dropped off before they had expanded. In a cool green- 

 house it blooms freely, and from what M_r. Lobb has said respecting 

 it, and from our own experience, I am inclined to think it might 

 survive our winters here (Devonshire) on a sheltered wall, and we 

 shall try this experiment. As a conservatory climber it is emi- 

 nently beautiful and is best cultivated in a mixture of loam and 

 peat with decayed leaves and a little sharp sand. It bids fair to 

 strike readily in the usual manner." 



OCTOBER 1st, 1845. 



