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PHILIBERTIA GRANDIFLORA. LARGE-FLOW- 
ERED PHILIBERTIA. 
Class and Order. 
PewranpriA Dieynts. 
( Nat. Ord.—AscLepPiADE2. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla urceolato-rotata, sinuato-quin- 
queloba, lobis acutis denticulis interjectis; tuwbus brevis, 
mediante toro carnoso apice quandoque annuliformi et un- 
dulato gynostegii (columne staminee, Br.,) basi adnatus. 
Corona staminea simplex, 5-phylla : foliolis carnosis sum- 
mo gynostegio insertis, integris. Anthere membrana ter- 
Minate. Masse pollinis clavato-cylindracee, ad apicem 
_ fere affixe. Stigma brevissimum v. breviter rostratum 
- apice biapiculatum.—Frutices volubiles. Folia opposita 
basi cordata. Umbelle interpetiolares. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Puiinertia* grandiflora ; ubique molliter pubescens, co- 
rolla rotato-campanulata, corone staminee foliolis 
rotundato-gibbosis rostratis vertice depressis, stigmate 
bifido. 
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An extremely handsome Asclepiadeous plant, of which 
_ Seeds were sent by Mr. Tweepie from Buenos Ayres to Mr. 
_ Morray of the Glasgow Botanic Garden, and to Mr. Niven, 
_ at Glasnevin Gardens, Dublin; in both which establish- 
_ Ments they flowered in the summer of 1837. The plant is 
- @native of Tucuman, and will probably succeed well in a 
_ $00d greenhouse. 
e Descr. 
* Thus named in honor of J. C. PHILIBERT, who published an elemmen~ — 
tary work on Botany. te 
