Tas. 4839. 
BROWNEA GRANDICEPS. 
Cluster-flowered Brownea. 
Nat. Ord. Leaumrinos&.—MoNADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx tubo elongato, persistente, limbi quinquepartiti decidui /a- 
ciniis longis, duabus vy. quatuor per paria coherentibus. Corolle petala 5, summo 
calycis tubo inserta, longissime unguiculata, subeequalia. Stamina 10-15, cum 
petalis inserta, in tubum hine fissum coalita, omnia fertilia. Ovarium stipitatum, _ 
6-7-ovulatum. Stylus filiformis ; stigma acinaciformi-compressum. Semina ovata, 
compressa, fibris fungosis obvoluta.—Arbuseula America tropice inermes, spe- 
ciose ; ligno flavescente, duro, foliis paripinnatis, foliolis integerrimis, inflores- 
centia ¢erminali, floribus racemosis v. plus minus dense spicato-capitatis, bracteatis, 
coccineis v. albis, pedicellis apicem versum bibracteatis, bracteis in tubum infundi- 
buliformem bilobum connatis. Endl. — 
Brownega grandiceps. Jacq. Coll. v. 8. p- 287. ¢. 28. f. la. . t, 22, 
H. B. K. Nov. Gen. Am.v.6. p. 313. De Cand. Prodr.v.2. p.477. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 15. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1841. t. 30. Walp. Repert. v. 1. 
p. 843. . 5. p. 565. Annales, v. 2. p. 447. 
of richness of colour of the 
Although very inferior in point , 
oy (Roured at our Tab. 3964), yet the 
quantity of flowers collected 
flowers to Brownea coccinea 
into an almost globose head, nearly 
eight inches in diameter, gives this infinitely the advantage over 
that species. It produces these blossoms much less frequently, 
and the only fresh sample we have ever seen is the fine one sent 
over from the stoves.of the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, for the 
purpose of being figured in the present work, by Mr. Moore, in 
the autumn of 1853. Dr. Lindley mentions a peculiarity in 
this shrub which we have not had the opportumity of observing. 
“The brilliant head (of flowers) appeared on the side of the 
main stem, among the leaves, which at that time presented a 
singular phenomenon. Every evening they rose up and lifted 
themselves from the blossoms to expose them to the dew, so 
that each morning these beautiful objects were uncovered ; but 
as day advanced, the leaves gradually drooped, and bent down 
MARCH Ist, 1855. 
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