Tas. 4727. 
SEMEIANDRA  GRANDIFLORA. 
Large-flowered Semeiandra. 
Nat. Ord. ONAGRARIEZ,—DrIanpria Monoayntia. 
Gen. Char. Calyx ovario cohzrens, ultra ovarium longe productus, coloratus, 
ineequaliter infundibuliformis, ad medium in lacinias 4 longe lineares elongatas, 
quorum tres demum reflexas quartam erectam, fissus. Pefala 4, parva, angus- 
tissime linearia, cum laciniis calycinis alterna. Séamina duo, unacum stylo in 
columnam subcarnosam longe exsertam tubo calycis toto secus sepalum posterius 
adnatam connata, superne,libera: unum (posterius) in ligulam petaloideam apice 
‘ expansum ; alterum (anterius) antheriferum. 4nthera dorso medio affixa, bilocu- 
laris, loculis parallelis. Ovarium 4-loculare, multiovulatum. Stylus filiformis, 
tubo calycis triplo longiore. Stigma depresso-capitatum. Capsula globosa, 4- 
locularis, loculicide 4-valvis, polysperma: dissepimentis placente centrali ad- 
natis persistentibus. Semina ovoidea, minuta, muriculata.—Suffrutex pubescens 
Mezxicanus, Folia pleraque opposita, oblonga v. ovata, basi in petiolum attenuata, ser- 
rata, Flores axillares, solitarii (vel, si mavis, Racemi terminales foliosi) ; pedicelli 
graciles, fructiferi deflexi, sub fructu incurvi. Flores coccinei, satis magni. 
SEMETANDRA grandiflora. 
SEMEIANDRA grandiflora. Hook. e¢ Arn, Bot. of Beech. Voy. p. 291. ¢. 59. 
A remarkable genus, allied to Fuchsia, with singularly-formed 
flowers of a bright scarlet colour; the coloured calyx constituting the 
principal portion of the flower. Native of Mexico, first detected 
about epic, by the Naturalists of Captain Beechey’s Voyage in 
H.M.S. Blossom, and described in the Botany of that Expedition. 
It was again found in the Sierra Madre, on the road from Maza- 
tlan to Durango by Mr. B. Seemann, who transmitted to the Royal 
Gardens the seeds from which the plant represented in our Plate 
have been raised. “The Semeiandra grandiflora,” says Mr. See- 
mann, “ grows in the temperate regions of North-western Mexico, 
at an elevation from 4000 to 5000 feet above the ocean, among 
Galphimias, Tupas, Cupheas, and Lobelias. It is a slender shrub, 
about six feet high, and its bright scarlet blossoms render it a 
desirable acquisition to every garden. When I met with it towar 
JULY 1st, 1853. ee ae 
