181f) 



* OCHRANTHE aiguta 

 F'mc-toothed Paleblooin. 



PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. HvPERiCACEiE Anomal^e. 



OCHRANTHE. Calyx membranaceus, 5-phyllus, iinbricatus, corollce 

 pentapetalaj simillimus. Stamina 5 hypogyna. Discus urceolatus pentagonus. 

 Carpella 3, basi juiicta, stylis disjunctis. Ovula cuique carpello 6, placentae 



centrali affixa. Folia opposita, serrata. S'tipulge interpetiolares serratcc. 



Flores terminates, pallidi. 



Ochranthe arguta. 



QsivXis fruticosus^ glaber, adultus cinereus, junior viridis cinereo macu- 

 latus. Folia opposita, glabra, petiolata, obovato-lanceolata, acmninata, 

 serrata^ basi integra. Stipulse intrapetiolares, ovatcB, serrulatce, pallidce. 

 Thyrsus terminalis, congestus, paucijlorus. Flores inodori, albidi, dcmum 

 fiavescentes. Pedicelli basi 1-, medio 2-bracteati, glabri. Calyx erecto-patens^ 

 irregularis, S-j^hyllus ; sepalis concavis, obtusis, in(equalibus, exterioribus 

 corolla brevioribus, margine subciliatis, cestivatione imbricatis f. Petala 5, 

 hypogyna, subconvoluta, rarb aliquot pat entia, unguiculata, oblong a, obtusa, 

 versus medium 3-venia. Stamina 5, hypogyna, erecta, rigida, pistilli longi- 

 tudine, petalis alterna ; antherae medio affixce, introrsce, erectce, biloculares, 

 longitudinaliter dehiscentes ; pollen rotundo-triquetrum, angulis {infiatis ?) 

 globosis j^ellucidis, 7iunc subrotundum angulis nullis. Discus cyathiformis^ 

 pentagonus, carnosus, angulis planatis. Ovarium superum, ovatum, obtus^ 

 trigonum, stylis 3 subulatis erectis, versus basin pilis raris patentibus ; 3- 

 loculare, ovulis circiter 6 iji utroque loculo, jjlacentce versus apicem axeos 

 appensis. 



A native of China, and consequently a Greenhouse plant. 

 It flowered in the Garden of the Horticultural Society so 

 long since as March 1826; but shortly after died, and has 

 never again made its appearance. We have kept the draw- 

 ing ever since in our portfolio, in the hope of the species being 



From Cjy(nbr pale, and av^vQ a flower. 



