Tas. 4220. 
KoOPSIA FRUTICOSA 
Shrubby Kopsia. 
Nat. Ord. ApocyNacE#.—PENTANDRIA MoNoGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Kopsta, Bl.—Calyx 5-partitus; lobis oblongis, obtusis, ciliolatis, 
imbricatis, erectis, externe ad apicem glandulosis, interne eglandulosis. Corolla 
hypocraterimorpha ; tubo calyce multo longiore, apice inflato, intus piloso; ore 
calloso, piloso, exappendiculato ; lobis tubo brevioribus estivatione sinistrorsum 
contortis. Stamina 5, parte inflata tubi inserta; filamentis tenuibus ; antheris 
lanceolatis, acuminatis, filamento longioribus. Nectarium e ligulis 2 cum ovariis 
alternantibus, glabris. Ovaria 2 ovata, facie interna adpressa. Ovula 2 (nec 1 
ut dicitur), medio placente in ovario prominentis nascentia, amphitropa. Stylus 
tubum corollze subequans. Stigma incrassatum, apice bilobum. Drape abortu 
seepius solitarize, coriaceze, monospermee. Semen ovato-oblongum, exalbuminosum, 
radicula supera.—Frutices vel arbuscule elegantes ; foliis stricte oppositis, ellipticis, 
apice obtuse acuminatis, basi acuminatis, integris, glabris, nervis lateralibus patenti- 
bus subarcuatis, venis reticulatis, petiolo basi dilatato, canaliculato ; gemmis glandu- 
lisve avillaribus stipuleformibus ; cymis terminalibus, abbreviatis, multifloris, 
bracteis ovato-acutis, roseis. DC. 
Kopsta fruticosa ; lobis corolle elliptico-obovatis obtusiusculis tubo duplo bre- 
vioribus, ligulis nectarii ovario hirsuto subbrevioribus. 
Kopsta fruticosa, De Cand. Prodr. v. 8. p. 352. 
Crrpera fruticosa, Carey, Hort. Beng. 19. Ker, Bot. Reg. t. 391. Rozd. Fi. 
Ind, v. 2. p. 526. Wall. Cat. n.1583. Wight, Ic. t.431. 
CaupicarpuM Roxburghii, Don. Dict. v. 4. p. 100. 
“From Pegu,” says Dr. Roxburgh, “this elegant shrub has 
been introduced into the Botanic Garden of Calcutta, where it 1s 
in constant blossom. The flowers are like those of Vinca rosea, 
but larger, and faintly fragrant. It is, in fact, one of the most 
ornamental shrubs in the garden.”—This is not saying too much 
for certamly in cultivation this plant is a great ornament to 
our stoves, and though not in constant flower, it blooms several 
times in the year and at very uncertain seasons, and continues 
some time in beauty. From Cerbera, in which genus Roxburgh — 
and others placed it, De Candolle says, “valde distinctum, non 
solum squamis juxta ovaria, aliisque characteribus cognitis, sed_ 
zestivatione corolla.” Finding it to correspond with Kopsia of 
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