Tas. 4505. 
TUPA cCRASSICAULIS. 
Thick-stemmed Tupa. 
Nat. Ord. Lopetiac#.—PENTANDRIA MonoGynia. 
Gen. Char. Cal. 5-lobus, tubo hemispheerico vel globoso. Corolla persistens, 
1-labiata, dorso longitudinaliter fissa, deflexa, plana vel concava, e petalis 5, 
imeequaliter connatis, apice diu coherentibus constans, Jodis 3, centralibus seu 
inferioribus magis connatis, lateralibus plus minusve divergentibus nunquam 
erectis, omnibus quandoquidem sub finem florationis segregatis. Stamina 5, 
connata ; antheris omnibus vel 2 inferioribus apice barbatis, caterum glabris aut 
pilosis. Capsula infera, rarius superne libera, bivalvis.—Herbee e/ate v. suffruti- 
ces, caule simplici, foliis alternis sape lanceolatis medio approximatis, racemo 
folioso elongato multifloro. Flores sepius purpurei, raro coccinei, flavi, aut vires- 
centes. Succus lacteus acris in tota planta. De Cand. 
Tupa erassicaulis; caule suffruticoso erecto simplici crasso foliis delapsis cica- 
tricato cano-pubescente, foliis densis in apicibus caulis patentibus reflexis 
lanceolatis seu lato-lanceolatis acutis basi in petiolum brevem attenuatis 
serratis reticulatim venosis supra viridibus molliter pubescentibus subtus 
cano-tomentosis, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis unifloris folio multoties 
brevioribus, calycis tubo hemispheerico, limbi laciniis patentibus acuminatis, 
corolle flavo-aurantiacee (demum coccinez) tubo lateraliter compresso, limbi 
bilabiati labio superiore bifido laciniis erectis, inferiore reflexo trifido. 
SypHocamPyYLos canus; Hort. Belg. (not Pohl.) 
We have before had occasion (as have other authors) to com- 
plain of the careless manner in which plants are named that 
are sent from the continental nurserymen, and more so than of 
any others in the,case of some of our Belgian correspondents. 
The Royal Gardens received. the present plant from Mr. Makoy of 
Liége, without any mention of its native country, under the name 
of Syphocampylos canus; a species of Brazil, and which inno 
particular corresponds with the present plant. We doubt if it 
can be referred to any described species of the genus. It appears, 
however, to agree better with Zupa than with Syphocampylos, it 
the genera be really well founded. It flowers in the greenhouse 
in the summer and autumn. i. 
Descr. Our plants are nearly three feet high, and exhibit a | 
APRIL Ist, 1850. 
