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Tas. 4779. 
CERATOSTEMA LoNGIFLORUM. 
Long-flowered Ceratostema. 
Nat. Ord. Vaccintr#.—DECANDRIA Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char. Calyx turbinatus, 5-gamosepalus, semi-adheerens, limbo 5-partito, 
partitionibus liberis magnis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis marcescentibus. Corolla 
plerumque magna, crassa, subcoriacea, tubulosa, subconica, nervosa, 5-gamopeta- 
la, apice breviter angulata, limbo 5-fido, laciniis acutis erectis vel reflexis. Sta- 
mina 10, epigyna, recta, corolle longitudine, inclusa. Filamenta brevia, com- 
pressa, linearia, supra basin extus hirta, pilis rufis retroflexis subcoalita. An- 
there longissime, biloculares, loculis basi liberis, medio coalitis, adnatis, su- 
perne liberis, in tubulos longe productis, poro obliquo apice dehiscentibus. Dis- 
cus epigynus, liberus, annularis. Ovariwm semi-adherens, subturbinatum, trun- 
catum, punctis decem excavatis, staminum insertionibus respondentibus notatum, 
e carpellis 5 coalitis, 5-loculare. Stylus cylindricus, rectus. Stigma subcapita- 
tum, 5-striatum, obsolete pentagonum. Bacca turbinata, subglobosa, interdum 
obscure pentagona, superne truncata, limbo calycino et disco siccis marcidis co- 
ronata, subumbilicata, 5-locularis, loculis polyspermis. Semina plurima, minima, 
obovata, ossea.—Frutices Peruviani, sempercirentes. Caules erecti, ramosissimi ; 
rami patuli, Folia integra, breviter petiolata. Flores spicati, terminales vel azxil- 
lares, 1-ni, 2-ni, 3-ni, 4-nigue, bracteolis 2 supra basin cincti, florentes primum 
erecti, dein cernui, tandem fructifert crecti, Gemmarum squame, bractee, racemt, 
calyces, corolla et bacce rubicundi coloris. De Cund. 
Sa i 2 eae 
CeratosTema longiflorum ; ramis junioribus pubescentibus, foliis brevissime pe- 
tiolatis parvis coriaccis ovali-cordatis utrinque punctulatis marginibus Tevo- 
lutis integerrimis, floribus nutantibus subterminalibus preecipue in & 
foliorum solitariis nune aggregatis, pedunculis vix folia superantibus caly- 
cibusque pubescentibus, corollis amplis suburceolato-cylindraceis calycem 
quintuplo superantibus limbi lobis 5 patentibus. 
Crratosrema longiflorum. Lindl. in Gard, Chron. 1848, p.87.cum Ic. Klotcsch, 
in Linnea, v: 24. p- 68. 
Cerarostema grandiflorum, Ruiz e¢ Pav. Ie. ined. t. 383 5? 
This splendid Ericaceous plant was introduced to our collec- 
tions by Messrs. Veitch and Son of the Exotic Nurseries, Exeter, — 
and of King’s-road, Chelsea, having been found by their collector — 
Mr. W. Lobb on the Andes of Peru, at an elevation of 12,000 feet 
above the level of the sea. It had been treate 
APRIL Ist, 1854. 
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