Tas. 6130. 
CERINTHE cymnanpra. 
Native of Italy, Algeria, and Marocco. 
Nat. Ord. BorracinE#.—Tribe CERINTHER. 
Genus Cerintue, Linn. ; (A. DC. Prodr., vol. 10, p. 2). 
CERINTHE gymnandra; annua, glabra, caule subflexuoso simplici v. ramoso, 
foliis oblongis ovato-oblongisve apice sphacelatis obtuse arcuatis v. 
rotundatis basi auriculato 2-lobis, supra remote verruculosis subtus 
glabris, calycis foliolis lineari-oblongis erectis ciliatis, corolla curva 
infra medium clavato-inflato, lobis 5 triangulari-subulatis reflexis, an- 
therarum caudis setaceis apicibus exsertis. 
CrRINTHE gymnandra, Gaspar., Rendei dell Acad. Soc. Real Borbon di Nap., 
vol. i. p. 72, ea Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ., vol. xviii. p. 36, t. 1297; 
Willkom. & Lange Fl. Hisp., vol. ii. p. 512. 
A very rare European plant, hitherto found, as far as I am 
aware, only near Naples, whence I have seen specimens col- 
lected by Heldreich ; it is however common in some parts of 
Western Algeria, as at Oran and Blidah, growing in sandy 
places, and in Marocco. Though hardly different from 
C. major (Tab. nost. 333), as pointed out by Willkomm and 
Lange, it is a very beautiful form of the genus, well worthy 
of cultivation, but unfortunately annual. One of its most 
striking characters is the discoloration of the tips of the 
leaves ; these in all our specimens are of a fine pale glaucous 
blue, except at the very end, which is pale greenish-yellow, 
bounded towards the midrib by a dull dark purple band ; 
thus the colouring of the leaf-tip is a repetition of that of the 
flower, and gives a bright appearance to the whole plant. 
From the above-quoted figure of Cerinthe major in this Maga- 
zine, the present differs in the yellow tubular terminal portion 
of the corolla, the narrower sepals not cordate at the base, 
and foliage; but little dependence can be placed on these 
characteristics in so variable a genus. 
Our specimens were raised from seed sent by Messrs. 
Haage and Schmidt, and flowered in July. 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1874.’ 
