Tab. 4201. 

 HABROTHAMNUS corymbosus. 



Corymb-flowered Habrothamnus. 



Nat. Ord. Solane.e. — Pentandria Monogynia. 

 Gen. Char. (Fide supra, Tab. 4183.) 



Habrothamnus corymbosus ; fruticosus glaber, foliis breviter petiolatis ovato- 

 lanceolatis acuminatis integerrimis penninerviis reticulars, corymbis termi- 

 nalibus in ramos numerosos confertos breves paniculam densam foliosam 

 quasi formantibus, calycis Iaciniis acuminatis patentibus, corolla? (intense 

 rosea?) tubo superne sensim dilatato, limbi Iaciniis elongatis lanceolato- 

 acuminatis demum reflexis, staminibus tubi supra medium insertis. 



Habrothamnus corymbosus. Endl. in Walp. Repert. Bot. v. 3. p. 122. 



Meyenia corymbosa. SchlecJd. in Linn. v. 8. p. 252. 



A very handsome species of Habrothamnus, native of Mexico, 

 sent to the Royal Gardens of Kew by Mr. Low of Clapton, quite 

 distinct from the H.fasciculatus, figured at Tab. 4183 of our pre- 

 sent volume. It is everywhere glabrous, apparently a much taller 

 plant, and with the corolla of a very different shape, widening 

 upwards and then suddenly contracted, so as to have an urceolate 

 tube ; and having the segments of the corolla much longer acu- 

 minated and at length reflexed. Its growth appears to be much 

 more rapid, and it is more easily cultivated, only requiring the 

 protection of a greenhouse in the winter. In the summer it does 

 best in the open air, and may readily be increased by cuttings. 

 As far as can be judged from the description it seems to be the 

 Meyenia corymbosa of Schlechtendahl. 



Descr. Our Plant forms a shrub about five or six feet high, 

 erect, much branched. Leaves alternate, crowded in parts, and, as 

 it were, fasciculate, ovato-lanceolate, membranaceous, acuminate, 

 entire, penninerved, the nervelets anastomosing. Petiole short. 

 Towards the extremities of the main branches, copious, short, 

 leafy, ones are produced, each of which is terminated with a 

 corymb of pretty deep rose-coloured flowers. Calyx tubular, cut 

 about halfway down, into five lanceolate-subulate, slightly spread- 

 ing segments. Corolla thrice as long as the calyx. Tube infiiii- 



D1CKMBSB 1ST, 1845. s 



