STIGMAPHYLLON jatrophsefolium. 



Jatropha-leaved Stigmaphyllon. 



DECANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Malpighiace^. 



STIGMAPHYLLON. Aug. de St. Hil. Supra, vol. 20. t. 1659. 



S, jatropJicefolium ; foliis palmato-5-7-ficlis-partitisve acutis serrato-ciliatis 

 cordatis lobis basi divergentibus glabris petiolatis, petiolo apice biglan- 

 duloso, samaris .... Adr. de Juss. Fl. Bras, merid. 3. 51. t. 170. 



According to M. Auguste de St. Hilaire this little plant 

 is an inhabitant of rocky places near the fort of Salto on the 

 banks of the Uruguay, in the province of Rio Grande do Sul, 

 where it creeps over the surface of the soil. Our own herba- 

 rium contains Brazilian specimens of the plant communicated 

 by the Royal Herbarium of Berlin from Sellow's collections. 



The figure now given was taken from a fresh branch sent 

 last July anonymously from Liverpool to the Editor of the 

 Gardener's Chronicle. We, therefore, conclude that it will 

 soon make its appearance in the collections round London. 

 No doubt it will be a very pretty twiner, well suited for culti- 

 vation in pots attached to trellis. Its leaves are a clear light 

 green, and beautifully cut ; it appears, however, from the 

 figure above quoted, that they are sometimes heart-shaped 

 and undivided. 



The whole genus is worth cultivation, and some of the 

 species extremely handsome. They amount to 45, according 

 to M. Adrien de' Jussieu, and are found in most of the warmer 

 parts of South America, especially Brazil. Some of them are 

 Banisterias of authors. 



Of the cultivation of this plant we can of course know 

 nothing certain. It is however probable that it will prove 

 suited to a greenhouse ; but as it is found trailing among 

 stones it will no doubt require full exposure to all the sun 



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