Tas. 4459. 
LACEPEDEA Insrenis. 
Fragrant Lacepedea. 
Nat. Ord. HrepocraTacE®.—PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
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Gen. Char. Calyx 5-partitus (potius 5-sepalus) inaequalis. Petala 5 brevis- 
sime unguiculata (sessilia). Stamina 5, filamentis liberis, antheris bilocularibus 
longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. Ovarium 8-loculare, loculis 8-ovulatis. Stylus 
3-suleatus, demum tripartibilis. Bacca stylis trieuspidata 6—9-sperma.—Arbor 
foliis serrulatis, paniculis terminalibus, floribus albis odoris. DC. 
LacEPEDEA insignis. 
Lacepepea insignis. .B.K. Nov. Gen. dm. v.5. p. 142. t. 444. De Cand. 
Prodr, v.1. p. 572. 
Tricerata tinifolia. Willd. Herb.—Roem. et Sch. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 803. 
Triceros Xalapensis. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 947. 
A really handsome shrub, attaining a height of fourteen to 
eighteen feet, with ample ever-green foliage and panicles of 
hite, deliciously scented flowers ; each blossom the size of, and 
in shape not much unlike that of the Barberry. It is a native 
of Mexico, requires the heat of a stove when the flowers come to 
perfection in May. Introduced to our gardens through the 
medium of Mr. Henderson of Pine Apple Place, who kindly 
presented it to the Royal Gardens. Messrs. Humboldt _ 
Bonpland named this in honour of the distinguished naturalist 
Count de Lacepede. ‘The species is a solitary one of the genus. 
Descr. A small free, which, with us, has attained the height 
of ten feet, much branched. Leaves opposite, on long petioles, 
ovate or oblongo-ovate, subcoriaceous, penninerved and peo 
lated, obscurely serrated, dark green above and glossy, paler 
beneath, and with the nerves prominent. Petioles terete, en 
two, or three inches long. Panicles terminal. Flowers — , 
white, powerfully fragrant, ovato-globose. Pedicels ger 
without bractese. Calya of five, imbricated, oval, ciliate es : € 
sepals. Petals not much longer than the sepals, white, vato- 
oblong, erect, concave, obscurely crenate at the margin. scree | 
erect, longer than the sepals. Filaments rather thick, subulate, 
AUGUST Ist, 1849. 
