Tab. 4292. 
MARTYNIA fragrans. 
Fragrant Martynia. 
Nat. Ord. SESAMEiE, DC. Tiibe II. Pedaline^, Br. — Didynamia 
Angiospebmia. 
Gen. Char. Calyx subaequaliter 6-fidus, basi 2-3-bracteolatus. Corolla irre¬ 
gularis campanulata, basi gibba, limbo 5-lobo insequali. Stamina 5, uno rudi- 
mentario sterili, 4 didjuiamis nunc omnibus nunc 2 tantum antheriferis. Stigma 
bilameUatum. Corolla coriacea lignosa, ovata aut longior apice rostrata, rostro 
inflexo bicomi, anterius sulcato-dentata, intus 4-5 ?-locularis (1) sed vis apice 
dehiscens, septis coriaceis. Semina pauca, crassa, secus septum in loculis 
uniserialia, pendula, subbaccata, demum tuberculato-nigosa.—Herbm ex America 
calidiore orta, seepius ramosee, piloso-viscosa. Folia opposita aut suprema subalterna, 
petiolata, cordata, subrotunda. DC. 
MjLnTYmA fragrans foliis (plerisque) oppositis petiolatis cordatis v. oblongo- 
cordatis trdobis angulato-sinualis, racemo terminali, calycibus inflato-cam- 
panulatis obliquis plicatis, bracteolis ad basin calycis 2 plano-convexis, 
floribus tetrandris, fructibus supeme aristatis rostris capsula subduplo 
longioribus apice uncinatis. 
Martynia fragrans. Lindl. Bot. Beg. 1840. Misc. n. 206. 1841, tab. 6. 
The curious capsules of this very beautiful and highly fragrant 
annual, containing ripe seeds, were received at the Royal Gardens 
of Kew, in the spring of 1846, from Mr. Ropper, at the Real del 
Monte mines, in Mexico. Treated as half-hardy plants, they 
flourished during the summer months, in a cool greenhouse, and 
were universally admired, no less for their large and highly 
coloured flowers, than for their delicious odour. There can 
scarcely be a doubt but this species will bear our summers 
in the open air; a bed entirely filled with it would have a 
rich efiect, and would contribute greatly to ornament the flower 
garden. 
Descr. Plant one to three feet high, everywhere clothed with 
soft glandular down. Stem terete, erect, flexuose. Leaves op¬ 
posite, or usually so, petiolate, cordate, sometimes approaching 
to oblong-cordate, three-lobed, lobes rounded, anpilato-sinuate, 
the middle one the longest. Raceme terminal, ol from three to 
six flowers, which are large, handsome and fragrant. Pedicels 
