Tab. 7928. 

 AGAPETES Moobbi. 



Native of Sikkim. 



Nat. Ord. Vac ciniace^;.— Tribe Thibaudie^!. 

 GeauB Agapetes, G. Don; (Benth. et Roolc.f. Gen. Plant, vol. ii. p. 571.) 



Agapetes Moorei; ppecies fruticosa adspectn A. setigene et A. verticillalis 

 simillima, sed calycis tubo supra ovarium producto et stamiuuui 

 structura distinctissima ; planta depicta caudice iucrassato terete 4- 

 poll. diametro, caulibus 3 erectis rigidis 2| ped. altis pauciramosis, ramis 

 brevibus graciliu&culis, foliis nunc subverticillatis nunc sparsis ssepe 

 quinatis (verticillis in apicibus innovationum singulis), brevi=isime petio- 

 latis crassis coriaceis glabris vel cito glabrescentibns oblongo-lanceolatis 

 2-3i p n. longis apicnlatis basi rotundatis vel subcordatis, costa valida, 

 venis inconspicuis, floribus coccineis vei rubro-aurantiacis circiter sesqui- 

 pollicaribus pendulis 6-9 in racemos axillares subterminales et lateralis 

 dispositis, racemis quam foliis brevioribus, pedunculis pedicellis calyci- 

 busque molliter breviterque pubescentibus, pedicellis 3-4 lin. longis 

 bracteis parvis acutis cito deciduis b.isi 8uffultis, calycis 5-6 lin. longi 

 tubo supra ovarium manifeste producto, lobis deltoideis vix acutis, 

 corolla subcylindrica circiter l£ poll, longa fere ad medium 5-loba, lobis 

 angustis acutis recurvis vel revolutis intus fkvis extus minute puberulis, 

 staminibus 10 exsertis a corolla liberis, filamentis liberis planis prope 

 basin insigniter geniculars quam antheris longioribus parte antheris 

 adnata apicem versus attenuata parce puberula, antheris doraifixia 

 adglutinatis basi facie 1-calcaratis parte superiore tnbifera libera, ovario 

 5-loculari vel spurie 10-loculari, locnlis multiovulatis, stylo glabro basi 

 geniculato disco parvo annulato cincto stamina paullo superante apice 

 vix incrassato, capsula ignota. 



A. Moorei, Hemsl. 



This handsome shrub was sent to Kew last March by 

 Mr. F. W. Moore, Keeper of the Glasnevin Botanic 

 Garden, to be named, with the information that it was 

 imported with Cirrhopetaluui liothschildkinum, O'Brien. 

 But the habitat of the latter is somewhat obscure, being 

 described (Gard. Okron. 1895, vol. ii. p. 608) as " some- 

 where beyond Darjeeling." However, there is little doubt 

 that it is a native of Sikkim. We have much pleasure in 

 giving the name of that eminent horticulturist to one of 

 the numerous gems of his successful cultivation. 



In foliage it strongly resembles Agapetes setigera, D. Don, 

 a species introduced in 1837, but in floral structure it is more 

 closely related to A. buxifolia, Nutt. (Bot. Mag. t. 5012). 



At least two other very showy species of this genu 3 

 had previously been figured in the Magazine, namely, 



Deceuuer 1st, 1903. 



