Tas. 4414. 
DIPLADENIA vropuytua. 
Laper-pointed Dipladenia. 
Nat. Ord. ApocyNE&®.—PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Cal. 5-partitus, lobis basi interne utrinque 1-2-glandulosis ; 
glandulis nunc ligulatis vy. squamosis. Corolla hypocraterimorpha vel tubo basi 
cylindrico et superne infundibuliformi, circa originem staminum hispida; fauce 
exappendiculata ; lobis estivatione sinistrorsum conyolutis. nthere subsessiles, 
in superiore parte tubi v. medio aut sub media parte ubi tubus latior sit insertee, 
Sagittatee, medio stigmati adherentes, apice acuminate v. membrana acuta ter- 
minate. Glandule nectarii 2, cum ovariis alternantes, obtuse, singulee e duabus 
connatis plerumque constantes, quinta glandula in Echite uno ex ovariis epposita 
deficiente. Ovaria 2, nectario seepius longiora, Stylus 1. Stigma globulosum, 
inferne membrana refiexa umbraculiformi (an semper?) stipatum. Fodliculi et 
semina ut in Echite.—Vrutices scandentes, v. se@pius suffrutices erecta, Americ 
meridionalis ixcole ; foliis oppositis integris, sepe angustis, utringue basi selis 
glandulisve pluribus loco stipularum stipatis, pedicellis axillaribus nunc in racemum 
lerminalem approximatis, floratione centripeta ; corollis sepius purpureis. Desne. 
DipLADENIA urophylla; glaberrima erecta, foliis oblongo-ovatis in acumen 
longum attenuatis longiuscule petiolatis, racemis laxis nutantibus 4—6-floris, 
laciniis calycinis subulatis, corolle tubo basi angustato dein subeampanu- 
lato, limbi lobis rotundatis acutis patentibus. 
If the number of nectarial glands constitutes the distinction 
between Hehites and Dipladenia, this must fall into the latter 
genus ; but I can, neither under that, nor under Lehites, described 
by Alphonse De Candolle in his elaborate account of Apocynacee 
in the Prodromus, find any species that will accord with this. 
It is from the collection of Mr. Veitch of Exeter, who raised it 
from seeds received from the Organ Mountains, Brazil: 1 conse- 
quently requires stove heat. It is a handsome bushy plant, with 
copious foliage and deep salmon-coloured flowers, inclining to 
purple, which hang down gracefully among the leaves. ae 
Descr. Fruticose, much branched, glabrous. Branches terete, 
Swollen at the joints. Leaves opposite, (the rather long petioles. 
articulated on the swollen portion of the joint) between ovate and 
oblong, obtuse at the base, tapering above into a long point; the 
_ * DECEMBER Is?, 1848, 
