Tas, 6136. 
EPISCTA rotema. 
‘Native of New Grenada. 
Nat. Ord. GrsnerIAceEx.—Tribe BEsLertem. 
Genus Eprscra, Mart. ; (DC. Prodr., vol. vii. p. 546). 
Eriscra fulgida ; repens, stolonifera, tota pilis flaccidis villose, foliis cllipticis 
elliptico-ovatisve subacutis basi rotundatis v. cordatis crenulato- 
serratis convexis superne bullatim reticulatis, petiolo brevi crassiusculo, 
floribus solitariis, pedunculo petiolo longiore, sepalis }—3-pollicaribus 
spathulato-oblongis subserratis, corolle lete lateritim tubo 14-pollicari 
hirsuto, limbo lobis rotundatis erosis, staminibus ‘inclusis, ovario 
hirsuto. ee eee 
-Cyrroperra fulgida, Lind. Cat. No. 90, p. 5; et in L’Illustr, Hortic., t. 131, 
I have little doubt as to this being the plant described by 
Linden as Cyrtodeira fulgida, of which the figure in the — 
“ Tlustration Horticole” is excellent, though in the description — 
the blade of the leaf is described as scarcely longer than the 
petiole, and although the leaves want the pale band along 
the midrib and principal nerves, which render Linden’s form 
of it so valuable for decorative purposes. It is a very close 
ally of the Brazilian #. reptans (Mart. Nov. Gen., t. 217) ; 
but #. fulgidais a much larger plant, and has shorter petioles, 
and differently shaped sepals, which are not entire ; it also 
comes from a very different country. Another congener is 
the Achimenes cupreata Hook. (Tab. nost. 4312), upon which 
Hanstein (L. v. xxvi. p. 206) founded his genus Cyrtodeira, 
distinguishing it from Lpiscia by the form and lesser curva- 
ture of the corolla-tube, a character that does not hold in 
the various species. Hpiscia fulgida is a native of New Gre- 
nada, whence it was first introduced by M. Linden. I am 
indebted to Mr. Williams for the specimen here figured, 
which flowered in his establishment in July last. 
Descr. Stem creeping, branched, stoloniferous, as thick as 
a goose-quill, and, as well as the whole plant, clothed with a 
soft villous pubescence. Leaves three to five inches long, 
DECEMBER Ist, 1874. 
