Tas. 4786. 
HEXACENTRIS Mysorensis. 
Mysore Hevacentris ; yellow-flowered var. 
Nat. Ord. AcANTHACEZ.—DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyz patereeformis, parvus, limbo inequaliter dentato repandove. 
Bractee due, altero latere connate, altero dehiscentes, valvatee, calycem tegentes. 
Corolla infundibuliformi-campanulata, tubo brevissimo, limbo subequali oblique 
quinquefido. Stamina tubi faucibus annulo barbato limbatis inserta. Anthere 
erectze, biloculares, glabra, loculis parallelis contiguis, superiorum staminum 
uno basi longissime calcarato, altero brevi mucronulato, inferiorum utroque loculo 
longissime calcarato, calcaribus flexuosis. Rudimentum staminis quinti sterilis 
breve, subulatum. Stigma bifurcum, laciniis truncatis complicato-canaliculatis 
basi angustioribus. Capsula bilocularis, tetrasperma, rostrata. Semina cristata. 
Dissepimentum a valyis solubile, integrum, ad axin bipartibile —Frutices Indici, 
scandentes, foliis dentatis nervosis glabris. Racemi azillares et terminales, mul 
tiflori, bracteis communibus parvis, floribus oppositis solitariis vel fasciculatis, 
bracteolis caducis.—Nees. 
Hexacentris Mysorensis ; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis acuminatis trinerviis basi 
sepe subhastatis, racemo longissimo pendulo, bracteis omnibus lanceolatis 
parvis, corolle ample labio superiore magno subindiviso, antheris basi longe 
barbatis, stigmate infundibuliformi. 
Hexacentrts Mysorensis. Wight, Ic. Plant. Ind. Or. v. 3. p. 8. tab. 871. 
Walp. Annal. v. 1. p. 539. 
Hexacenrris lutea. Hort. Veitch. 
Hexacenreis Mysorensis. Past. Fl. Gard. v. 3. p. 88. 
Var. Corollis luteis, limbo sanguineo. 
From the exotic nurseries of Messrs. Veitch and Son, Exeter, 
and King’s Road, Chelsea, where it produces its long aes 
racemes of deep yellow blossoms in the spring months. The 
original species Hewacentris (Thunbergia, Wall.) coccinea was 
much admired for the singularity and beauty of its blossoms ; 
but this far exceeds them in the size and in the brightness of 
colour, and in the number of blossoms borne by each raceme. 
The H. Mysorensis given in ‘Paxton’s Flower Garden,’ is a variety 
of this, with a sanguineous limb. Dr. Wight, the author of the 
present species, expressly describes the limb as “ bright yellow. 
JUNE Ist, 1854. 
