Tas. 4547. 
ECHITES Franciscea; 
var. floribus sulphureis. 
The River Francisco Echites ; sulphur-coloured var. 
Nat. Ord. ApocyNE#.—PENTANDRIA DigyNnIa. 
Gen. Char. Calye 5-partitus, lobis interne omnibus vel solum interioribus 
glandulosis aut squamatis. Corolla hypocraterimorpha vel infundibuliformis ; 
tubo plus minus elongato, cylindrico vel basi cylindraceo et supra vel apice in- 
fundibuliformi, exappendiculato, intus supra staminum insertionem plerumque 
hispido ; Jodis wstivatione sinistrorsum convolutis. Anthere ubi tubus corolle 
latior fit inserte, subsessiles, medio stigmati adhwrentes, sagittate, lobis inferiori- 
bus polline destitutis. Nectarium e glandulis 5, lobis calycis alternantibus, li- 
beris vel plus minusve connatis, nunc 2 vel 3 connatis aliis distinctis.  Ovaria 
2, nectaria plerumque longiora, sepius glabra, ovulis ©. Stylus 1. Stigma 
capitatum, ovoideum vel pyramidato-pentagonum, basi membrana integra vel 
lobata umbraculiformi reflexa stipatum, apice simplex vel bilobum. Fod/iculi 2, 
elongati, cylindrici vel torulosi, coriacei. Semina lineari-oblonga, ventre carinata, 
superne comosa ; aldumine parco; embryone axili; cotyledonibus planis, facie ad- 
pressis, radicula supera longioribus.—Frutices vel suffrutices scandentes, rarius 
herbe suffrutescentes erecte, omnes speciebus dubiis exceptis Americane ; foliis 
oppositis, integris, ciliis glandulosis interpetiolaribus, glandulisque interdum su- 
perne ad basim limbi; cymis axillaribus vel terminalibus, sepius in racemum sim- 
plicem elongatis ; floribus albis, flavis, roseis vel purpureis, sepe Sragrantibus. 
Decaisne. 
Ecurtres Franciscea; ramis racemis foliisque puberulo-velutinis, foliis ovatiS 
acutis mucronatis, racemis simplicibus axillaribus folio subbrevioribus, lobis 
calycinis triangulari-acuminatis pedicello duplo brevioribus externe pilosis 
tubo corollee quadruplo brevioribus, corolla glabra tubo infra mediam partem 
angustiore sursum infundibuliformi Jobis longiore. .4. De Cand. 
Ecurres Franciscea. Alph. De Cand. Prodr. v. 8. p. 454. Lindl. Bot, Reg. 
1847, ¢. 24. 
-B. pallidiflora ; floribus minoribus sulphureis roseo-oculatis. (TaB. NostR. 4547.) 
This pretty plant was received from the Paris Garden under 
the name of /. Franciscea, a native of Brazil, cultivated in the 
stove. It is, however, a very distinct variety from the original 
species of that name, and, as such, worthy of a place here. 
Curr. This is a freely-growing stove creeper, and may be 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1850. 
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