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BEAUMONTIA GRANDIFLORA. LARGE- 
FLOWERED BEAUMONTIA. 
a OS 
Class and Order. 
Penranpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—ApocyneEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. pentaphyllus, foliaceus, coloratus. Cor. campanu- 
lata, tubo brevi fauceque esquamatis, laciniis subequilateris. 
Stamina filiformia laxa, antheris subexsertis, sagittatis, 
medio stigmati adherentibus, lobis posticis polline vacuis. 
Ovarium biloculare, suffultum annulo hypogyno, quinque- 
lobo. Stigma oblongum, apicula bifida. Follieult 2 max- 
imi, coherentes. Semina ad umbilicum sericeo-comosa, 
Wall. 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
Breaumontia * grandiflora. Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. Ill. p. 15. 
t. 7. Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 901. 
Kcuires grandiflora. Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 20. Spreng. 
Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 634. . 
Descr. A climbing shrub, in its native country, of vast 
extent ; its long stems and numerous branches sometimes 
reaching over trees, at other times straggling near the 
ground. Branches rounded, smooth. Leaves numerous, 
especially towards the extremities of the branches, large, 
broadly oblong, sometimes approaching to obovate, entire, 
glabrous, acuminulate, much nerved, on short petioles; the 
young ones and extremities of the young branches often 
tinged 
* Named in honour of the late Mrs. Beaumont of Bretton Hall, an ardent 
lover and a munificent patroness of Horticulture. 
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