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*HABROTHAMNUS purpureus. 

 Purple Hahrothamnus. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Cestrace^. 



HABROTHAMNUS. Calyx campannlatus, quinquedentatus. Co- 

 roUa hypogyna, clavato-tubulosa, tubo longo, limbo quinqucdentato, con- 

 tracto. Stamina 5, medio coroUse tubo inserta, inclusa ; filamcnta simplicia. 

 Anther<B longitudinaliter deliiscentes. Ovarium biloculare, placentis oblongis, 

 dissepimento adnatis. pluriovulatis. Stylus simplex ; stigma capitatum, 

 obsolete bilobum. Bacca calyce cincta, bilocularis. Semina pauca, angu- 

 lata, umbilico ventrali. Embryo in axi albuminis carnosi rectus ; cotyledo- 



nibus foliaceis, radicula tereti, infera. Frutices mexicani, glabri v. sub- 



tomentoso-pubescentes, pilis articidatis ; foliis alternis, integerrimis, floribus 

 incsqualiter cymosis, corollis baccisque rubris. — Endl. gen. p. 667. no. 3867. 



K. purjoureus ; ramulis foliisque subtus pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis ovato- 

 lanceolatis acuminatis, cymis terminalibus, calyce obconico glabro, 

 corollse laciniis acutis ciliatis. 



H. elegans, Hort. 



H. purpureus, Supra misc. no. 19. p. 12. 



The beauty of Habrothamnus fasciculatus is so striking 

 that attention is strongly drawn to the discovery of other 

 species in Mexico ; and the Belgians have already succeeded 

 in adding that now represented, which, although not com- 

 parable with H. fasciculatus, is evidently a graceful and gay- 

 looking plant. We received fresh specimens from Mr. Van 

 Houtte, Nurseryman, Ghent, in January last, and with them 

 a coloured figure by Mr. Van Damme. From these mate- 

 rials the accompanying figure has been made. We however 

 fear that justice has hardly been done to the colours, partly 

 because of the specimen having flowered in the winter, and 

 partly because it is probable that pressure and packing had 



* So named from aftpiJc, gay, and Baf^voc, a shoot or branch, in allusion 

 to the beauty of the species. 



