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OXYANTHUS SPECIOSUS. 'TUBE-FLOWERED 
_OXYANTHUS. 
Foi MC, SI CS SS a a 
Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeynta. 
Generic Character. 
Cor. tubus longissimus. Anthere in fauce sessiles. Stig- 
ma simplex. Fruct. inferus, bilocularis, polyspermus. 
Specific Name and Synonyms. 
Oxyantuus speciosus. Decand. in Annal. du Mus. 9. p. 218. 
_ Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 371. 
Garpenia tubiflora. Bot. Repos. 183. 
This fine evergreen shrub, so remarkable for the uncom- 
mon length of the tube of the corolla, is nearly related to 
Garpenia, to which genus it was referred by experi- 
enced cultivators, Messrs. Lez and Kennepy, who first in- 
troduced it from Sierra Leone, in 1789. The acute and 
learned botanist, Decanpo.ie, established it as a distinct 
genus in the 9th volume of the Annales du Muséum d’Histoire 
naturelle. Flowers in July and August. Communicated by 
Mr. Arron, from the Royal Garden at Kew. 
