Tab. 5489. 

 PROUSTIA PYRIFOLIA. 



Pear-leaved Proustia. 



Nat. Ord. CoMPOSiTiE (Mutisiace^e). — Syngenesla Labiatiflok^e. 



Gen. Char. Capitulum subquinqueflorum, liomogamum, discoideuin. Involucri 

 turbinate floribus multo brevioris squamae coriacese, adpressas, obtusissimse, ex- 

 timse minima?, lieceptacidum planum, piloso-fibrilliferum. Corolla glabrae, bi- 

 labiatse, labiis sequilongis, revolutis, exteriore latiore apice tridentato et interiore 

 bifido, v. exteriore quadridentato, interiore indiviso integro. Staminum filamenta 

 distincta, glabra, plana, antherarum caudse lacerse, longse, alee breves, lanceplatae. 

 Stylus superne hispido-puberulus. Aclienia oblonga v. trigona, teretiuscula v. 

 trigona, erostria, pilosa, callo apicali. Pappus biserialis, sequalis, paleaceus, paleis 

 angustissime linearibus, apice paululum incrassatis vel profundius serratis. — 

 Arbusculaj Cfdlenses et Peruviana ; fokis alter nis, petiolatis coriaceis, integerrimis 

 v. denticulatis ; capitulis paniculatis. Endl. 



Proustia pyrifolia; altissime scandens, flexuosa, foliis petiolatis coriaceis cor- 

 dato-ovatis apiculatis integerrimis v. spinuloso-dentatis glabris v. subtus 

 canescentibus, ad basin petioli pulvinulo spinigero, floribus corymbosis, 

 pappo pulcherrime purpureo-roseo. 



Puoustia pyrifolia. Lag. in Annal. du Mus. v. 19. p. 70. t. 4. Be Cand. Prodr. 

 v. 7. p. 27. Gay, Fl. Chil. v. 3. p. 295. (P. oblongifolia, Don, and P. 

 glandulosa, Be Cand., may probably be considered synonyms.') 



A recent introduction of Messrs. Veitch and Son, from Chili, 

 ■which, however unattractive in its flowers and foliage, yet, as 

 the fruit advances to maturity, is a singular and beautiful object, 

 for the long pendent branches and foliage are almost wholly 

 concealed by the mass of rich rose-purple feathered pappus. 

 Cultivated, as no doubt it will soon be, as a greenhouse climber, 

 it cannot fail to be very attractive ; and let it be remembered 

 that it is of such rapid growth, that in its native quebradas of 

 Chili, it climbs to the tops of the highest trees, as stated by 

 Bridges and M. Gay. It has flowered for the first time at the 

 Chelsea Nursery, in July, 1864. 



Descr. A lofty perennial climber, with flexuose branches, 

 which are striated and downy, younger ones often very flexuose. 

 Leaves alternate, two inches long, ovate or elliptical, often a 



JANUARY 1ST, 1865. 



