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CALANDRINIA DISCOLOR. 'TWO-COLOURED- 
LEAVED CALANDRINIA. 
KEKE KEKE KEKE EERE EEE EEE 
Class and Order. 
Potyanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Porrutacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. persistens, bipartitus, sepalis subrotundo -ovatis. 
Pet. 3—5 hypogyna aut imo calyci inserta, libera aut ima 
basi subconnata, equalia. Stam.4—15 toro vel basi peta- 
lorum inserta, libera, petalis sepe alterna. Stylus 1 brevis- 
simus apice tripartitus, lobulis in stigma clavato-capitatum 
collectis. Capsula oblongo-elliptica, 1-locularis, 3-valvis, 
polysperma. Semina placentz centrali funiculis capillari- 
bus adnexa.—Herbe succulente glabre Americane habitu 
Samoli. Folia integerrima radicalia aut alterna. Pedicelli 
1-flori axillares aut oppositifolii. D C. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Catanprinia * discolor ; caule suffruticoso tereti, foliis spa- 
thulato-lanceolatis acutis carnosis discoloribus supra 
glaucis subtus purpureo-rubris, racemis compositis ter- 
minalibus, calycibus muculatis. 
Catanprini discolor. Hort. Goett. 
Among many other novel plants which adorned the Glas- 
gow Botanic Garden in the year 1824, three species of 
CaLanpRrInIA were not amongst the least beautiful, C. gran- 
diflora of Dr. Linptey, which we received from the Horti- 
cultural Society of London ; C. speciosa, for which we are 
indebted 
* In honor of I. C. CALANDRINI, an Italian Botanist. 
