Tas. 4582. 
CANTUA BUxIFOLiIA. 
Bozx-leaved Cantua. 
Nat. Ord. PoLEMONIACE®.—PENTANDRIA MoNOGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4386.) 
Cantua busifolia ; foliis subfasciculatis oblongis aut obovatis acutis v. obtusis 
basi cuneatis integerrimis v. inciso-paucidentatis. glabris vel pubescentibus, 
corymbis laxis, calyce tubuloso pubescente 5-dentato corolla triplo qua- 
druplove breviore, corolle tubo elongato strictiusculo limbo patente, stami- 
nibus subexsertis. 
Cantua buxifolia. Lam. Dict. v. 1. p. 608. Illustr. v. 1. p. 106. f.2. Benth. 
in De Cand. Prodr. v. 9. p. 821. Juss. in Ann. du Mus. v. 8. p.118. t. 8. 
Cantwa ovata. Cav, Ic. v. 4. p. 43. ¢. 368 (foliis glabris). 
Cantua tomentosa. Car. Ic. v. 4, p. 43. ¢. 364 (foliis pubescentibus). 
Cantua uniflora. Pers. Syn. Pl. v. 1. p. 187. 
PrRIPHRAGMOs dependens. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Chil. et Peruv. v.2. p.18. t. 133. 
PERIPHRAGMOS uniflorus. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Chil. et Peruv. v. 2. p. 18. 
When we spoke of this fine Cantua* (v. under Cantua pyri- 
Jolia, Tab. 4386) as producing flowers “full four inches long, 
and deep rose-coloured,” we took our idea of colour from the 
dried specimens. Handsome as they are, with their copious 
large blossoms, they are far exceeded by the living plant, now 
happily in cultivation and flowering with Messrs. Veitch of 
Exeter. The corollas are almost crimson, the tube marked with 
longitudinal yellowish streaks. It will be difficult anywhere to 
find a more truly ornamental flowering shrub. It is a native of 
the Peruvian Andes. Our drawing was made in April 1850. 
Well may Ruiz and Pavon speak of it as “ frutex, in flore spe- 
ciosa:” and no wonder that the Peruvian Indians, as the same 
authors tell us, adorn their chambers on feast-days with the gay 
blossom of this species. The ancient Indians called it the 
Magic-tree. Some of our native specimens have almost white 
flowers. 
Descr. A very much branched shrub; the dranches more or 
* Canta is the Peruvian name of this plant. 
MAY Ist, 1851. 
