Tas. 7278. 
COCCOCYPSELUM uirsvrom. 
Native of Mexico, Central America and Trinidad, 
Nat. Ord. Rusrace®.—Tribe MussanDEx. 
Genus Coccocypsztum, P. Br.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl, vol. ii. p. 73.) 
CoccocyrsELum hirsutum ; undique patentim hirsutum, caulibus prostratis dein 
adscendentibus, foliis longiuscule petiolatis late ovatis ovato-rotundatisve 
obtusis v. subacutis basi rotundatis supra convexis viridibus nervis 
numerosis impressis subtus purpurascentibus nervis validis, stipulis 
setaceis, pedunculis petiolis longioribus, capitulis 6-8-floris, floribus ses- 
silibus, bracteis calyci subaequilongis, calycis dentibus lineari-lanceolatis 
erectis, corolla pallide violacea tubo calyce duplo longiore, lobis oblongis, 
bacca ellipsoidea saturate violacea hirsuta calycis dentibus subulatis 
coronata, seminibus papillosis. 
C. hirsutum, Bartl. in Herb. Haenke, ex DC. Prodr. vol. iv. p. 396; Benth. m 
Vidensk. Meddil. Kidbenhavn (1852) p. 51; Walp. Ann. vol. vz p. 133. 
C. repens, F. Morren, Belg. Hortic. vol. x. (1860) p. 194, t. xiii., xiv., fig. 3-5 
(non Swartz). 
C. discolor, Hort. 
Coccocypselum hirsutum has been cultivated for many 
years at Kew, latterly under the name of C, discolor, and 
was probably received from Trinidad at an early period. 
In 1860 it was figured by Morren in the Belgique Horti- 
cole, probably from specimens sent from Kew, as C. repens, 
Sw., a totally different species, described by Swartz as 
having pubescent leaves, a very short flowering peduncle 
and subsessile axillary flowers. To add to this source of 
confusion, the habitats of C. repens, Jamaica and San 
Domingo, taken from De Candolle, are attributed to 
hirsutum, which has never been found in either locality. 
The latter is a native of Mexico, Costa Rica, and Trinidad, 
and probably other places in the Spanish Main. It 
flowers in the Royal Gardens at most seasons, and its 
beautiful leaves are very persistent. Mr. Watson grows it~ 
im baskets suspended from the roof of a stove, where it 
forms a very attractive object, from the colour of the stems 
FEesruaky Ist, 1893. 
