Tab. 5818. 

 MONOLENA primui^eflora. 



Primrose-flowered Monolena. 



Nat. Ord. Melastomace^e. — Decandria Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. — Calycis glabri tubus turbinatus, 3-gonus ; lobi 5, ovati, obtusi, 

 membranacei. Petala 5, elongata, obovato-spathulata, obtusa. Sta- 

 mina 10, alterna paulo minora ; anthera; lineari-oblongfe, obtusee, 

 1-porosse, connectivo basi producto infra loculos geniculate, antice in 

 appendicem adscendentem subspathulatam obtusam producto, postice 

 supra insertionem filamenti tuberculato ; minorum connectivo brevius 

 producto. Ovarium calyci adhserens, 3-quetrum, vertice late ex sculp- 

 tum; stylus incrassatus, apice filiformis, stigmate obtuso. Capsula 

 late depresso 3-gona, 3-valvis, valvis suberosis latissimis, vertice basi 

 styli oblongo 3-lobo persistente coronata, loculis parvis. Semina 

 obovoideo-pyramidata, hilo basilari. — Herbse carnosulw, aeaules, glabra;, 

 rhizomate crasso. Folia longe petiolata, oblonga cordata v. orbiculata, 

 integerrima v. denticulata. Scapi graciles. Flores ampli, in cymam 

 scorpioideam dispositi, breviter pedicellati, carnei. 



Monolena primulceflora ; glaberrima, rhizomate crasso tuberoso, foliis petio- 

 latis late ellipticis acuminatis coriaceis obscure sinuato-dentatis ciliatis 

 3-5-plinerviis, supra lsete viridibus, subtus petiolisque rubro-purpureis, 

 pedunculis ex apice rhizomatis numerosis petiolo subaequilongis 2-3 

 floris, calycis tubo globoso lobis insequalibus rotundatis, petalis roseis 

 basi albis. 



Bertolonia primulasflora. Hart. 



This remarkably beautiful stove-plant was introduced by 

 Mr. Bull, F.L.S., from New Granada, and a flowering 

 specimen was presented by him to the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, 

 in November 1869, from which the accompanying drawing 

 was made. It appears to flower very freely, and whether for 

 the number and delicate tints of the flowers, or the brilliancy 

 of the green upper- and purple under-surface of the leaves 



FEBRUARY 1ST, 1870. 



