Tan. 4243. 
LEIANTHUS vumsetuartuvs. 
Umbellate Leianthus. 
Nat. Ord. Genrranea.—Prntanpria Monoeynta. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-fidus, 5-carinatus vel 5-alatus, lobis valvaribus planius- 
culis acuminatis, carinis alisve dorsalibus. Corolla infundibuliformis, nuda, tubi 
fundo tenui supra germen in faucem longiorem cum limbo 5-partito confluentem 
equalem ampliato. Stamina 5, supra fundum corolle inserta, filamentis elongatis 
ineequalibus. Anthere incumbentes, immutate neque apiculate. Ovarium annulo 
basilari destitutum, valvulis introflexis semibiloculare, ovalis ipsarum margini in- 
sertis. Stylus distinctus, persistens, stigmate indiviso capitulato. Capsula 
bivalvis, septicida, semi-bilocularis, placentis margini valvarum insertis. Semina 
placentis immersa.—Herbe vel frutices Jamaice et Americe centralis, cymis 
terminalibus, floribus albidis vel flavis rarius cyaneis, gracilibus. DC. 
LEIANTHUS umbellatus ; fruticosus robustus, foliis obovato-lanceolatis acuminatis 
petiolatis, petiolis basi quasi stipulatim connatis, pedunculis axillaribus com- 
pressis monocephalis, umbellis multifloris involucratis, calyce exalato, stami- 
nibus longissime exsertis stylum subsequantibus. 
LEIANTHUS umbellatus. Griseb. Gen. et Sp. Gent. p.189. De Cand. Prodr. v. 9. 
p. 83. Hook. Ic. Plant. t. 687,688 (stamens not fully developed). 
ListaNtHus umbellatus, Sw. Prodr. p.40. Fl. Ind. Oce. v. 1. p.350. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. 1. p. 585. 
_ Ayrare and little known species, handsome in its habit and 
in its ample foliage, and singular large involucrated umbels of 
flowers, but these last are wanting. in colour to render the plant 
a very striking one. It is a native of Jamaica, and seems to have 
been unnoticed by any one till my excellent friend Dr. Macfacdyen 
transmitted dried specimens some years ago, and more recently (in 
1843), our collector, Mr. Purdie, has sent both specimens and seeds 
to the Royal Gardens of Kew. ‘The latter were reared and pro- 
duced fine flowering plants. It is a mountain plant, which 
Swartz gathered in the Parish of St. James, and Mr. Purdie on 
“the summit of the Dolphin, Hanover,” where this noble species 
attains a height of twenty feet. It flowers in May, and succeeds 
best in a hot moist stove heat. os 
Dxsc. An erect Shrub, from three to twenty feet in height. 
Stems and branches rounded, glabrous as is every part of the 
JULY Ist, 1846, 
