Tas. 8254, 
MUSSAENDA Trevrtiert. 
Tropical Himalaya and Khasia. 
RupiacEaE. Tribe MussaENDEAE. 
MussaEnpa, Linn; Benth, et Hook, Ff. Gen, Plant. vol. ii. p. 64. . 
Mussaenda Treutleri, Stap/; affinis M. frondosae, Linn., et M. macrophyllae, 
Wall., sed ab illa (typica, ie. vars, zeylanica et ingrata, Hook. f.) indumento 
sparsiore rudiore, foliis magnis, stipulis latis, sepalis magis herbaceis et 
praeter margines setoso-ciliatas subglabris, alabastris 5-cornutis, corolla - 
majore, ab hac indumento breviore sparsiore, sepalis multo angustioribus, 
alabastris 5-cornutis distincta. 
Frutex, ramis superne pilis brevibus hirsutis. Folia ovata vel ovato-elliptica, . 
breviter acuminata, basi plerumque breviter contracta, 15-30 em. longa, 
7-15 cm. (rarius ultra) lata, utrinque ad nervos hirsuta, imprimis inferne 
et ad costam, caeterum sparse rudiuscule pilosa; petioli 1-5-4 em. longi; 
stipulae late ovatae vel triangulares, acuminatae, saepe bifidae, 1-1-2 em: 
longae, ad 6 mm. latae, herbaceae. Corymbi congesti, terminales, saepe 
cymis in axillis foliorum superiorum ortis aucti, multiflori; bracteae 
inferiores latae, interdum parce laciniatae, superiores sepalis similes ; 
pedicelli brevissimi. Sepala linearia vel subulata, longe tenuiterque 
attenuata, herbacea, praeter margines setoso-ciliatas subglabra, 7-10 mm. 
longa, ad paulo ultra 1 mm. lata, sematophora nivea, caeterum forma 
foliorum. Corolla ante anthesin 2-3 cm. longa, adpresse tomentosa vel 
adulta saepe subglabra; limbus aurantiacus, in alabastro 5-cornutus, 
cornubus saepe longiusculis, segmentis ad 6 mm. longis latisque apiculo 
caudato tenui; tubus fauce pilis aureis farctus. Bacca globosa, siccata, 
l-1*2cm. diametro, mox glabrescens. M. frondosa var. grandifolia, Hook. Tes 
Fi. Brit. Ind. vol. ii. p. 90. M. macrophylla, Wall. Pl. As. Rar. tab. 180, 
vol. xii.; Lind]. in Bot. Reg. vol. xxxii. tab. 24; Paxt. Mag. Bot. tab. ec. 
p. 197, non Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Car. vol. ii. p. 228.—O. Srapr. 
Mussaenda Treutleri, to which Dr. Stapf has now for the 
first time accorded its proper status as a distinct species, is 
an old and well-known garden plant. It was originally 
discovered by Dr. Wallich in the mountains of Nepal, but 
was at first mistaken for a form of Mf. frondosa, and issued 
by him under that name in the Hon. E. 1. Company’s Herb- 
arium (Cat. Lith. 6250 E in part), but was subsequently 
confused with Jf, macrophylla, under which erroneous name 
it is usually cultivated. In the Flora of British India, 
(vol. iii. p. 90) Sir Joseph Hooker first pointed out that it is 
distinct alike from M. macrophylla and M. frondosa; it is 
there treated as a variety, var. grandifolia, of the latter. 
May, 1909. 
