Tab. 5816. 

 ANTIGONON leptopus. 



Slender-stemmed Antigonon. 



Nat. Ord. POLTGONE.!. MONADELPHIA OcTANDRIA. 



Gen. Char. Sepala 5, colorata ; 3 exteriora late cordata v. ovata ; 2 

 interiora oblonga. Stamina 8, sequalia, filamentis subulatis inferne in 

 cupulam subcarnosam calycis fundo insertam connatis ; antherae oblongae 

 utrinque emarginatte. Ovarium trigonum; styli 3, inferne connati, recurvi, 

 stigmatibus capitato-reniformibus ; ovulum demum erectum, micropyle 

 infera. Achcenium calyce aucto emarcido semiaperto inclusum, ovoideo- 

 triquetrum, 1-loculare, pericarpio tenui intus Isevissimo. Semen basilare, 

 erectum, pyramidatmn, albumen, farinosum sinuato-lobatum ruminatnm ; 

 embryo antitropus, radiculu supcra. Suffrutices Mexicani scandentes, ramis 

 angulatis. Folia alterna, petioluta, herbacea, cordata, integerrima ; petiolis 

 basi amplexicaulibus ; ochreis oppositifoliis, obsoletis, squamiformibus. lia- 

 cemi oppositifolii, solitarii, simplices, aphylli, apice cirrhosi ; fasciculis pauci- 

 Jloris, bracted squamiformi fultis, pedicellis capillaribus articulatis. — Meissxei:. 



Antigonon leptopus ; foliis ovatis ovato-hastatisve acuminatis profunde 

 cordatis in petiolum haud productis subtus ramisque tomentoais vel 

 demum glabratis racemis folio vix longioribus. 



Antigonon leptopus, Hook, and Am. Bot. Beech., p. 308, t. 69 ; Benth. Bot. 

 Sulphur, pp. 47 and 16 0; Meissn. in D.C. Prod. v. xiv. pt. 1, p. 184. 



In some parts of America and the West Indies this is 

 known as one of the most beautiful ornamental climbers, 

 rivalling Bougainvillea in the abundance and colour of its 

 blossoms, and yet, strange to say, it has been only of late 

 introduced into Europe. It is a native of Mexico, and we 

 have also specimens from New California, Guatemala, Jamaica, 

 and New Grenada, but no doubt it is only cultivated in some 

 or all of these localities. The plant here figured was raised 

 from seed sent from Honolulu, in the Sandwich Islands, by 

 our excellent correspondent, Br. Hillebrand, which flowered 

 in October of the present year. 



Descr. A tall, slender climber, glabrous or with young 



JANUARY 1ST, 1870. 



