Tab 4303 
THIBAUDIA PULCHERRIMA. 
Beautiful Thibaudia. 
Nat. Ord. Vacciniace.®.—Decaxdria Monogynia. 
^ Gen. Char. Calyx semi-adhaerens tubuloso-urceolatus bre\ds subcoriaceus, par- 
titionibus dentiformibus erectis persistentibus. Corolla tubulosa, urceolata, 
5-dentata, carnosa. Stamina decern. Ydanienta brevia compressa Imearia glabra, 
nunc libera, nunc monadelpha. Antherce elongatse, biloculares, basi bbei'ae, 
medio adnatse, superne libei-ae furcatae id est loculi superne segregati in tubuloa 
vacuos elongati, rima longitudinal! dehiscentes. Discus epigynus subinteger, 
obsolete 5-dentatus, v. 5-gonus. Dacca subglobosa, subangulosa, truncata, 
calycis limbo camoso coriaceo 5-partito coronata,5-locularis, loculis polyspermis. 
—Frutices; caules erecti diffusique ramosissimi. Jloriferce axillares termi- 
nalesque hracteis squatnosis coriaceis suhrotundis imbricatis tectce. Folia alterna 
coriacea sempervirentia, breviterpetiolata, petiolis seepe contortis, smpivs integerrima, 
interdum denticulata r. serrata. Flores racemosi v. subumbellati, pedicellis unl~ 
Jloris bibracteatis, seepe cernuis, interdum secimdis. Gemmaj squamae, bractea, 
calyces, corollce et haccce scepe ruhicundi coloris. Baccse sapore grate acido donata. 
Dunal in DC. Frodr. 
Thibaudia pulcherrima ; glaberrima, ramis vetustis elongatis sparse verrucosis 
floriferis, junioribus terminalibus herbaceis foliiferis, folds lato-lanceolatis 
utrinque acuminatis subsen-atis, floribus numerosis in umbeUis sessilibus 
dependentibus unilateraUbus, pedicellis superne incrassatis, alabastro fusi- 
formi 5-gono,coroll8e variegatse tubo cyUndraceo-campanulato quinquangu- 
lato ore paululum ddatato laciniis acuminatis patenti-reflexis, staniinibus 
styloque subexsertis. 
Thibaudia pulcberrima. Wall. mss. 
Rarely have I been more surprised and delighted with any 
plant than with the flowering specimen of this Thibaudia {Aga- 
petes, Don), kindly sent from the Exeter Nursery by iMessrs. 
Lucombe, Pince and Co. Imagine a branch four feet and a half 
long, dividing only at the top in from 4-6 rather short leafy 
ramuU: the leaves evergreen, 6—8 inches long; the old, long, 
and woody portion of the stem throwing out, on one side (uni¬ 
lateral), numerous, crowded clusters, or drooping sessile umbels, 
of from twelve to twenty blossoms in each umbel, and in all 
states of progress, from the early buds, when they, as well as 
the pedicels, are scarlet variegated with pale but bright green, to 
the fully expanded corollas, an inch long, narrowly campanulate, 
of an ochraceous red, veined and chequered (something like the 
flower of Fritillaria Meleagris) with deeper and brighter lines of 
red. The inner structure of the flower, too, is very curious, the 
stamens forming a close column around the style, and the anther- 
tubes of very great length, as shown by our figure and description. 
The plant is a native of the north of India, and Dr. AVallich, on 
my showing him the blossoms and a leaf, recognized it as a 
native of the district of Khasiya, and to which he had given 
JUNE 1st, 1847. n 
