Tas. 4462 
MITRARIA cocciNngEa. 
Scarlet Mitraria. 
Nat. Ord.GEsNERIACE4—DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx inferus bractea biloba mitreeformi calyculatus, 5-partitus 
(inaequalis), lobis pallidis lanceolatis fere pergamaceis. Corolla tubulosa sub- 
ventricosa, limbo bilabiato, lobo superiore bifido, infero 3-fido. Stamina 4, 
didynama exserta, antheris liberis ; quinti postice radimentum elongato-filiforme. 
Ovarium disco hypogyno impositum. Stylus subulatus. Stigma _crasstusculum. 
Bacca 1-locularis. Semina numerosa oblonga.—Frutex Chiloensis. Folia oppo- 
sita. Pedicelli solitarii v. 2-3 awillares nutantes 1flori. Cor. coccinea. 
MITRARIA coccinea. 
Mirrarta coccinea. Cav. Ic. v.6. p. 67. t.579. De Cand. Prodr. v.71. p. 537. 
Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 845. 
Among the most attractive features at the June Exhibition 
(1849) of the Chiswick Horticultural Society, was this rare and 
lovely plant, communicated by Messrs. Veitch of Exeter: being 
one of the many choice plants sent by Mr. William Lobb from 
Chiloe, the only known station for it. It is a plant that has 
long been among the desiderata of the Horticulturist. It is a 
greenhouse plant, and may be found capable of bearing the open 
air, were it not for the droughts of our country, so different 
from the perennial fogs of Chiloe. 
Dzscr. A low and somewhat succulent shrub, with obscurely 
tetragonous branches. Leaves rather small, but approximate, 
of a singularly delicate green colour, opposite, rarely ternate, on 
short petioles, ovate, acute, coarsely crenato-serrate, nearly gla- 
brous, paler and somewhat glaucous beneath. Peduncles much 
longer than the leaves, generally solitary from the axils, droopmg, 
tubercled and slightly thickened towards the calyx, single- 
flowered. Bractee \arge, two-lobed, nerved, broadly ovate, 
downy, closely embracing one side of the calyx. Calyx of five, 
unequal, lanceolate sepals or lobes, pale-coloured, downy towards 
the point and edges, one large and four smaller. Corolla bright 
scarlet: ¢wbe ventricose, curved, constricted at the base, the 
AvaeusT lst, 1849. 
