Tas. 5752. 
THIBAUDIA acumryara. 
Sharp-leaved Thibaudia. 
Nat. Ord. Ertckm.—Prntanpr1a Monoeynt. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4308.) 
Turpavpta (Proclesia) acuminata ; fruticosa, glabra v. ramulis et inflores- 
centia puberulis, foliis brevissime petiolatis coriaceis ovatis y. ovato- 
lanceolatis longe acuminatis v. apice caudatis integerrimis 3-5-plinerviis 
coriaceis subtus nigro-punctulatis, racemis brevibus subterminalibus, 
bracteis amplis coloratis deciduis, calycis limbo 5-dentato, corolla 
elongato-urceolata 5-dentata, filamentis glaberrimis alternis paulo mi- 
noribus. 
THIBAUDIA acuminata. Hook. Ic. Pl. ¢. 111. 
Tarpaupia Hookeri. Walp. Rep. v. 6. p. 412. 
ProctEsta acuminata et P. Benthamiana. Klotzsch in’ Linnea, v. 24. p. 34. 
A very distinct, showy, free-flowering shrub, a native of 
the Andes of Columbia and Ecuador, whence we have many 
specimens collected by Jameson, Hartweg, and others. It 
was introduced by Mr. Pearce when collecting for Messrs. 
Veitch, by whom it was flowered in November last. 
Being a native of the loftier regions of the Andes, from 
8-10,000 feet, it is well suited to a conservatory temperature, 
where its handsome green foliage, purple-tinted young leaves, 
and brilliant red flowers, which are produced in great abun- 
dance, render it a very attractive plant. Colonel Hall, its 
discoverer, describes the fruit as fragrant and eatable. Pro- 
fessor Jameson observes that around the suburbs of Quito, 
where it abounds, it flowers throughout the year. 
Descr. A branching, leafy, evergreen shrub, with pendu- 
lous branches, that are glabrous or slightly pubescent. Leaves 
subdistichous, on very short stout petioles, two to three 
inches long, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, rounded at the base, 
with long acuminate or caudate points, three to five-nerved 
towards the base, glabrous and dark green above, below 
JANUARY Ist, 1869. 
