Tas. 5764, 
ALLAMANDA wnopsttis. 
Noble Allamanda. 
Nat. Ord. Apocynea.—Pentanpria Monoeynia. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4851.) 
ALLAMANDA nobilis ; scandens, ramulis robustis, petiolis foliis calycibusque 
pubescenti-pilosis, foliis oppositis v. 3-4natim verticillatis oblongo- 
lanceolatis acuminatis brevissime petiolatis, glandulis minutis rotun- 
datis, sepalis foliaceis ovato-lanceolatis, corolla extus pubescentis tubo 
gracili, limbo oblique campanulato, lobis amplissimis horizontaliter 
patentibus medio valide 3-nerviis. 
ALLAmanDa nobilis, 7. Moore in Gard.: Chron. 1868, p- 180 et p. 918, cum 
wc. xylog. 
A magnificent plant, imported from the Rio Branco, on the 
confines of Brazil and Venezuela, by Mr. Bull, of Chelsea, 
and certainly one of the finest stove climbers in cultivation. 
As a species I doubt very much its proving distinct from 
A. Schottii (Tab. nost. 4411, by error 4911), 4. grandiflora 
(Tab. nost. 4351), 4. Aubletii, and A. Hendersonii; but as a 
horticultural acquisition it differs from all these, and sur- 
passes them individually, either in habit or in the large size 
and full green of the foliage, or in the very large flower, its 
regular contour and bright colour, or in the number of flowers 
produced, or in their magnolia-like odour—altogether render- 
ing it one of the most gorgeous free-flowering stove-plants 
introduced into Europe for many years past. From the 
original 4. Schottii (Tab. nost, 4351) it differs more conspicu- 
ously than from 4. Hendersonii in its pubescent calyx and 
broader more abruptly acuminate leaves, as well as in other 
points; but in my experience of both wild and cultivated 
_ Apocynee, these have proved to be very variable characters ; 
and judging also by dried specimens of forms not hitherto 
imported in a living state, I suspect that many intermediate 
APRIL Ist, 1869. 
