Tab. 5514. 



VELLOSIA CANDIDA. 



Pure-white Vellosia. 



Nat. Ord. H^modorace^. — Polyadelphia Polyandria. 



Gen. Char. Perianthium corollinum ; tubus basi ovario adnatus ; limbus cara- 

 panulatus, 6-phyllus, foliolis aequalibus. Stamina ima basi limbi corollse inserta, 

 nunc 6 libera, nunc indefinita v. definita varie connata, filamentis breviusculis ; 

 antherae lineares, basifixse. Ovarium inferum, 3-loculare; stylus elongatus, stig- 

 mate 3-lobo; ovula numerosa, placentis axillaribus prorainulis multiseriatim 

 affixa. Capsula subglobosa clavata v. 3-gona, 3-locularis, loculicide 3-valvis, 

 valvis medio septiferis, polyspermia. Semina numerosa, horizontalia, cuneata; 

 testa coriacea, umbilico basilari- incrassato ope rapliis filiformis chalazae lateral! 

 impressa conjuncto; embryo axilis. — Frutices v. subarboreae, caulibus vestigiis 

 foliorum truncatis, dichotome ramosis. Folia saepe S-fariam disposita, sapitts 

 Unearia, carinata, integerrima v. serrulata. Flores solitarii, sessiles v. peduncu- 

 lati, speciosi, albi carulei v. violacei. 



Vellosia Candida ; suffruticosa, csespitosa, ramis brevibus apice foliosis, foliis 

 lineari-gramineis filiformi-acuminatis angustis rigidis cariuatis, marginibus 

 remote spinuloso-serrulatis, pedunculo elongato superne ovario perianthioque 

 scabrido-glandulosis, perianthio albo, staminibus 18 hexadelpbis, capsula 

 subglobosa processubus rigidis patentibus obtusis densissime obsita. 



Vellozia Candida. Mikau. Delect. Brasil. t. 7. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 3. p. 338 

 et Cur. Post. 296. 



Of the most beautiful and singular genus Vellosia, the pre- 

 sent is the only species which, in so far as we are aware, has 

 flowered in this country. The seeds were sent by the late Mr. 

 Gardner, during his Brazilian journey, to the Glasnevin Gardens 

 of Dublin, where a plant flowered this year, under the skilful 

 management of Dr. Moore. The species is probably widely 

 distributed; it appears to be common about Rio de Janeiro, 

 whence we have specimens from Mr. Graham, Mr. Boog, and 

 Mr. Gardner himself (p. 132). Sprengel gives as synonyms the 

 V. aloof ol.ia, Mart., and V. tubiflora, H. B. and K. \Radia tubi- 

 fora, A. Rich), a native of the Orinoco, but we refrain from 

 quoting these plants as synonyms in a genus of which so little is 

 accurately known. 

 June 1st, 1865. 



