Tas. 4534. 
PORTLANDIA pLaTANTHA. 
Broad-flowered Portlandia. 
Nat. Ord. Ruprace#.—PENTANDRIA MoNoGYNIA. 
Gen. Cnar. Calycis tubus obovatus, 5-nervius, limbus 5-partitus, lobis oblongis 
foliaceis magnis. Corol/a magna, ‘nfundibuliformis, tubo brevi, fauce ampla 
obconica, limbo obtuse 5-lobo. Stamina 5, ime fauci inserta; anthere longe, semi- 
-exserte. Stigma indivisum. Capsula obovata aut suboblonga, nervis costata, 
apice coronata, retusa, bilocularis, valvis apice dehiscentibus. Placente coriacee, 
centrales. Semina plurima, elliptica, compressiuscula, punctis elevatis scabra.— 
Arbuscule Americane glabra. Folia breve petiolata, nitida. Stipule late, trian- 
gulares. Pedunculi awillares, breves, 1-3-fori. Flores albidi, ampli. De Cand. 
SPS oa ee adn Oar an 
Portianptia platantha ; foliis late obovato-ellipticis subsessilibus, floribus axil- 
laribus solitariis, calycis lobis lanceolatis, corolla late infundibuliformis tubo 
basi breviter attenuato, staminibus inclusis, stigmate profunde bipartito. 
From the rich collection of Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., 
Exeter Nursery, who received it, and have cultivated 1t in the 
stove, under the name of “ Portlandia grandifiora, fine variety ; 
but they very justly remark to me, that both in its foliage and 
in the flowers it differs considerably from that species, as may 
be at once seen by comparing our present figure with the true 
P. grandiflora, given at Tab. 286 of the ‘ Botanical Magazine. 
“ Tt flowers,” say Messrs. Lucombe and Pince, “in avery dwarf 
state, and is almost always in blossom,” an observation confirmed - 
by the continual flowering, during the summer of 1849, of a 
small plant not more than a foot and a half high, which they were 
so good as to send to the Royal Gardens, and from which owr 
figure was taken in July 1850. 
Descr. Our plant is a low shrub, a foot and a half high, 
erect, branched, glabrous. Leaves opposite, nearly sessile, 
elliptical-obovate, acute, evergreen, subcoriaceous, full glossy 
green, everywhere entire, penninerved. Stipules broadly tri- 
angular, obtuse. Pedicels very short, axillary, solitary, often 
opposite. Ovary elongated, 4-angled, 2-celled ; cells with many 
ovules. Limb of the calyx of four spreading, leafy, lanceolate | 
SEPTEMBER Ist, 1850. 
