Tas. 4530. 
eB 
- CAMPYLOBOTRYS piscoxor. 
Two-coloured Campylobotrys. 
Nat. Ord. Rusprace®.—TETRANDRIA MoNoGYNIA. 
~~ © Gen. Char. (Trib. HepyoripE#.) Calycis tubus obovatus, cum ovario con- 
natus ; limbus 4-fidus, laciniis parvis linearibus obtusis erectis; inter lacinias 
glandule 2-8. Oorolla supera hypocrateriformis ; tubus brevis cylindraceus ; 
limbus 4-partitus, laciniis inequalibus oblongis obtusis patentibus tubo longiori- 
bus estivatione erectis subimbricatis. Stamina 4, fauci inserta : filamenta bre- 
vissima: anthere lineares, exserte. Ovarium tetragonum, carnosum, biloculare, 
disco epigyno carnoso operculifor ni. Ovula in placentis carnosis, dissepimento 
utrinque inserta, numerosa, parva. Fructus ...... —Suffrutex humilis (Brasili- _ 
ensis ?) ramis oppositis approwimatis teretibus pubescentibus. Folia opposita, 
equalia, ovata, plicato-penninervia, integerrima, sparsim pilosa, supra atro-viridia, 
pulcherrime velutino-nitida, subtus pallide viridia, purpureo-rubro tincta, venis 
prominentibus. Stipule interpetiolares, e lata basi subulate, evaginate. Pedun- 
culi solitarii, avillares, rubri. Flores racemosi, secundi; racemis circinatis ; pedi-— 
cellis brevissimis, calycisque tubo viridibus, glabris, limbi dentibus pilosis, rubris ; 
infra pedicellos glandulis bractealibus setisque lineatim transverse dispositis. Co- 
rollee subcarnose, rubre. 
we 
_ CAMPYLOBOTRYS discolor. 
~ Campytosorrys discolor. (Hort. Paris.) 
Under the name here preserved we have received at the Royal 
Gardens of Kew, from the Paris Jardin des Plantes, the very 
beautiful plant now represented, accompanied by the informa- 
tion that it is a native of Bahia; while in a Belgian nursery 
catalogue it stands as a native of Mexico. We nowhere find 
such a name taken up by scientific botanists ; and, on the other 
hand, we are unable to refer it satisfactorily to any published 
genus. It is treated as a stove-plant, and is remarkable for 
the lurid green yet satiny surface or velvety gloss of the a | 
side of the leaves, and the rich red-purple tints of the branches _ 
and under side of the foliage, and the still more pronounced 
red colour of the peduncles and flowers and teeth of the 
calyx. We have never seen the fruit. W. J. H. he Rs. 
Cunt. We received this plant about six months ago, 
Aauaust Ist, 1850. 
