Tab. 5713. 



STROPHAOTHUS Capensis. 



South African Strophanthus. 



Nat. Ord. Apocyne,e. — Pentandkia Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-partitus, lobis intus basi glandulosis. Corolla in- 

 fundibuliformi-campanulata, lobis 5 longissime ligulatis v. lineari-subulatis, 

 sinistrorsum convolutis, ore corona 10-cornuta cincto. Stamina basi 

 fauce corollae inserta, filamentis crassiusculis tubo adnatis ; antherce sagit- 

 tate, apice mucronatas v. appendiculatae. Ovarii carpella 2, subglobosa; 

 stylus cylindricus, stigraate capitato v. oblongo. Folliculi crassi, obtusi, 

 polyspermi. Semina oblonga, compressa, carnosa. — Frutices erecti v. sar- 

 mentosi Africani et Asiatici. Folia opposita et 3-natim verticillata, inte- 

 (/errima. Flores majusculi, in cymas terminales dispositi, flavi rubri v. 

 virides. 



Steophanthus Capensis; scandens, foliis 3-uatim verticillatis, oblongo- 

 v. obovato-lauceolatis acutis glaberrimis marginibus recurvis, cymis 

 4-6-floris, pedicellis bracteas excedentibus, sepalis subulato-lanceolatis, 

 glandulis calycinis 7-10 erectis, corolla flava, lobis basi aurnntiacis, 

 antheris pilosis appendice subulata pilosa terminatis, stigmate mitn- 

 formi. 



Strophanthus Capensis. Alpn. DC. Prodr. v. 8. p. 419. 



A very handsome South African shrub, of which there are 

 native specimens in the Kew Herbarium, collected, in January 

 of the present year, by Mrs. Henry Hutton, of Bedford, in the 

 Kaga-berg forest, where it forms a lofty climber, at eleva- 

 tions of about 5000 feet above the sea. These arrived at 

 Kew almost at the same time as the living specimens here 

 figured, which I owe to Mr. Veitch, with whom the plant 

 flowered in April. It is a very handsome evergreen climber, 

 admirably suited for a conservatory wall or pillar, and for 

 which, it may be safely predicted that it will prove a valuable 

 acquisition. The calyx-lobes of the native specimens are 

 considerably larger than those of the cultivated, but I find 

 no other difference whatever between them. 



Descr. A lofty, evergreen, leafy, dark green, glabrous 

 climber. Leaves close-set, two to three inches long, hall to 



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