Tas. 4890. 
AMPHICOME Emop1. 
Emodian Amphicome. 
Nat. Ord. BIGNONIACEZ.—D1IpYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx oblongo-campanulatus, 5-dentatus aut sub-5-fidus, lobis acu- 
minatisve, sinubus nudis. Corolla longe infundibuliformis, limbo 5-lobo, sub- 
bilabiato, lobis subsequalibus rotundatis. Stamina 4, didynama, fertilia, quinto 
sterili subulato. _Anthere per paria stylo arcte adpresse, lobis pilosis calcarato- 
aristatis, connectivo appendiculato. Discus hypogynus, cyathiformis. Ovariwm 
lineare. Stylus filiformis. Stigma bilamellatum. Capsu/a siliqueeformis, sutura 
altera dehiscens, septo libero. Semina plurima, appensa, utrinque pilis distinctis 
comosa.—Herbe Himalayenses, erecta, glabra. Caules teretes, perennantes aut 
annui, basi radicantes. Folia alterna, petiolata, pinnatisecta ; segmentis 2-3-jugis 
cum impari ovato-lanceolatis, dentato-serratis. Racemi terminales, lai, paucifiori. 
Corolle rosea. DC. a 
Ampnicome Emodi; foliolis cordato-ovatis petiolulatis obtusis crenato-lobatis, — 
floribus erectis subcorymbosis (demum racemosis), calycis lobis abbreviatis 
‘obtusis granulosis, corolle tubo infundibuliformi-campanulato limbi sequalis 
lobis amplis rotundatis emarginatis patentibus, ovario oblongo, annulo hy- 
pogyno ab ejus basi remoto. ee 
Ampuicome Emodi. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1838, sub Tab. 19. De Cand. Prodr. 
v. 9. p. 237. 
INCARVILLEA Emodi. Wall. Cat. n. 487. 
This, a discovery,of Dr. Wallich, is the original or first species — 
of Amphicome (Incarvillea, Wall.) ; a genus of Northern ndia, 
consisting of two species, which Dr. Royle judiciously, we think, © 
proposed to separate from Incarvillea, but which, at the sugges- 
tion of Mr. Brown, he referred to a section of the last-named 
genus. ‘The A. arguta, however, a species very different from 
this, was that first known in cultivation, and it has been -well - 
figured by Dr. Royle in his ‘ Himalayan Flora,’ and by Dr. 
Lindley in the Bot. Register (1838, Tab. 19), from garden spe- 
cimens. The last-mentioned author speaks of this “as the much 
finer species, with much larger and more numerous flowers, a 
more robust foliage, and much more considerable stature ;” but 
which “ still remains to be introduced.” | 
In 1852 we had the pleasure to receive native seeds from — 
DECEMBER Ist, 1855. 
