Tap, 5559. 
THIBAUDIA CORDIFOLIA. 
Cordate-leaved Thibaudia. 
Nat. Ord. Vacornrex.—Dercanpria Monoeyntia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4303.) 
Tureavnta cordifolia; ramulis glabratis teretibus, foliis breviter petiolatis 
oblongis obtusis integerrimis basi cordatis 5-7-plinerviis, petiolo 
pubescente, floribus subcapitatis, capitulis terminalibus nutantibus 
bracteis amplis oblongis concavis subsericeis involucratis, floribus 
breviter pedicellatis, calycis tubo depresso, limbo breviter 5-deutato, 
corolla tubuloso-ventricosa extus pa thee ore contracto 4—6-den- 
tato, filamentis brevibus latis, antheris lineari-oblongis in tubum sul- 
catum elongatum apice 2-rimosum productis. 
Turpaupra cordifolia. H.B. and Kunth, Nov. Gen.et Sp.v. 3.p. 271. t.255- 
De Cand. Prodr. v. 7. p. 563. 
Proctrista cordifolia. Klotzsch in Linnea, v. 24. p. 82. 
The beautiful plant here figured was exhibited by Mr. 
Bateman at the Horticultural Society, in December last, 
under the name of Thibaudia Ocanensis ; it is cléarly however 
the 7. cordifolia of Kunth, a native of the alpine regions 
of the Andes of Bogota, Merida, Caraccas, Loja, and other 
provinces of New Granada and Ecuador. According to an 
observation of Dr. Triana in our Herbarium, it is called 
“Uva de Anis” in the Bogota Andes. 
Descr. A branched shrub, nearly glabrous, except on the 
tips of the branches, petioles, and inflorescence ; branches te- 
rete, pubescent with spreading hairs towards the tips. Leaves 
one and a half to three inches long, coriaceous, ovate-oblong, 
obtuse, quite entire, margins slightly recurved, glabrous above, 
also below, or there covered with minute scattered glandular 
dots, five- to seven-nerved at the base; petioles very short, 
pubescent, as are the nerves slightly beneath. Racemes re- 
duced to a crowded head of flowers, which is clothed at the 
FEBRUARY Isr, 1866. 
