Our figure was made in August, but the plants will probably 

 bear a succession of these lovely blossoms till the cold weather sets 

 in. The species is nearly allied to Tacsonia tripartita of Jussieu ; 

 but the leaves are cordate and the segments much broader. 



Descr. A long-stemmed climbing plant, with rounded 

 branches. Leaves cordate in circumscription, deeply divided into 

 three ovato-lanceolate, serrated segments, dark green and downy 

 above, paler and almost tomentose beneath, reticulato-venose. 

 Tendrils simple. Stipules rather small, semiovate, toothed, acumi- 

 nato-cuspidate. Peduncle solitary, single-flowered, much shorter 

 than the tube of the flower, but longer than the petiole, which 

 latter has several glands. Involucre three-fid, or rather of three 

 united bracteas at first sheathing. Calyx-tube very long, stout, 

 cylindrical, green, quite glabrous (as is the whole flower), the 

 mouth glandular at the margin ; segments five oblong, obtuse, 

 mucronate, green at the back, the margins and outlines full rose- 

 colour. Petals five, oblong, obtuse, rose-colour. Column as long 

 as the tube. Filaments exserted. Anthers yellow. Ovary oval. 

 Styles dilated upwards ; stigmas capitate. 



