Tas. 5022. 
ILLAIREA cANARINOIDES. 
Canarina-like Illairea. 
Nat. Ord. LoasE®.—IcOSANDRIA POLYANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis horizontaliter patentibus v. reflexis, trian- 
gulari-lanceolatis, inciso-serratis. Petala 5, sepalis alterna, in corollam campa- 
nulatam approximata, ovato-oblonga, basi obtusissime subsaccata, apice acumi- 
nata, dorso nervo medio elevato anguste carinata. Nectarii squame 5, petalis 
alternz, dimidiato-cymbiformes, curvate, carnose, dorso filamentis 2 seteeformi- 
bus appendiculate. Staminodia ante squamas singulas 2, filamentiformia, annulo 
epigyno insidentia, basi compressa, calcarata, petalis paululum breviora. Sta- 
mina fertilia in fasciculos 5, staminodiis et squamis alternos congesta, numerosa ; 
filamenta filiformia; anthere ovate, basifixee, connectivo obsoleto. Corpuscula 
hemispherica 5, staminum fasciculis alterna, styli columnaris basin circumdantia. 
Germen inferum turbinatum, costis spiralibus instructum.—Herbe Americe tro- 
pice, scandentes, habitu Loase ; foliis alternis et oppositis, exstipulatis, lobatis seu 
pinnatifidis, piloso-prurientibus ; pedunculis axillaribus, solitariis, unifloris. Planch. 
ILLAIREA canarinoides. 
ILLATREA canarinoides. “‘ Lenné et Koch, in litt.” Planch. in Flore des Serres, 
v. 9. p. 145, eum te. piet. 
This is certainly a very remarkable and striking plant, though 
the flowers are wanting in richness of colour. It is a native of 
Central America, according to M. Planchon, where it was dis- 
covered, and was introduced to Europe by Warszewicz. Here 
it proves a hardy annual, climbing to a great length, and need- 
ing the support of tall stakes, producing copiously its great 
Canarina-like, dull, brick-coloured flowers. Mr. Van Houtte re- 
commends it for trellis-work ; but it is a very dangerous neigh- 
bour, one of the men of the Kew Gardens having suffered se- 
verely (and for some weeks) from being accidentally stung by it. 
It flowers during all the warm months of summer. 
Descr. Root perennial? Stems long, twining, branched, her- 
baceous, ten to twelve and more feet long, everywhere, espe- 
cially on the branches, clothed with stinging hairs. Leaves op- 
posite, on rather long stalks, cordate or cordato-oblong or fiddle- 
DECEMBER IsT, 1857. 
