Tas. 5557. 
CHAMERANTHEMUM Beyricum; var. variegata. 
Beyrich’s Chameranthemum; variegated-leaved var. 
Nat. Ord. Acantuace2.—DipyNaMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx profunde 5-fidus, equalis. Corolla hypocraterimorpha 
vel elongato-infundibuliformis, tubo longo gracili, limbo subequali. Sta- 
mina 4 fertilia, infra os tubi paulove profundius inserta, inclusa, per paria 
asi contigua; anthere staminum majorum 2-loculares, minorum 1~2-locu- 
lares, Capsula inferne depressa, valvis contiguis asperma, superius 2-locu- 
laris 4-sperma; depressimentum adnatum. Semina discoidea, retinaculis 
suffulta—Herbe v. suffrutices Brasilienses, Aabitu Eranthemi sed nani, 
Jloribus etiam minoribus. Spica floribus oppositis, parvibracteatis. Nees in 
De Cand. Prod. 
CuamEranruemum Beyrichii ; caule petiolisque strigoso-tomentosis, foliis 
ovalibus oblongisve margine subscaberulis. 
CHAMERANTHEMUM Beyrichii. ees in Lindl. Intred. ed, 2. p. 285, et in 
Mart. Fl. Bras. p. 155. t. 28. 
Var. variegata; foliis albo-variegatis. 
The pretty plant here figured was sent to the Royal 
Garden by Mr. Bull, of Chelsea, in 1864, and flowered in 
March of the following year. It is a native of South Brazil, 
having been discovered by the traveller Beyrich, and since 
gathered by various collectors. According both to the de- 
scription of Nees, and to our own specimens, it is a very 
variable plant in stature and in the form of the leaves. Nees 
describes a state with the leaves on long petioles, and their 
Surface variegated with red; so that other showy forms may 
be worth cultivation, and one day find a place in our stoves. 
Descr. A rather slender herb, one to three feet high, 
- Sparingly branched. Stem and branches, peduncles and pe- 
_ tioles, covered with strigose pubescence. Leaves shortly pe- 
_ tioled, two to five inches long, oblong ovate-oblong or almost 
_lanceolate-oblong, scarcely acute, minutely scabrid on the 
upper surface and margins, green or variegated with white. 
FEBRUARY Ist, 1866. 
