490 PKNTANDRIA MONOGYN1A. Lcttsom'm. 



Stems twining, perennial. Leaves petioled, broad-cordate, 

 entire, with many parallel veins, as in C. nervosa ; the upper 

 side pale green, with depressed hairs, the under side covered 

 with much bright, silver-coloured, silky down; about four 

 inches long each w;iy. Petioles ereet, round, hairy, length 

 of the leaves; at the apex on eaeh side is a green gland, as 

 in C. nervosus. Peduncles axillary, erect, round, hairy, 

 umbel bearing. Bractes lanceolate, silky. Flowers many, 

 large, of a beautiful rich pink colour. Nectary, a fleshy 

 ring round the base of the germ. Stamens, base of the fila- 

 ments woolly. Berry soft, and pulpy, four-seeded. 



Obs. The following" marks distinguish this species from 

 nervosa, to which it is nearly allied : 



]st. The leaf-bearing" umbel. 



2d. The bractes. In this species they are lanceolate, and 

 not waved, in that oval and much waved. 



3d. The flowers of this species are larger, and the leaves 

 much smaller than in that. 



Ath. Here the veins are few, and alternate ; there many, 

 large and opposite. 



bill. This produces a soft berry; that a perfectly dry cap- 

 sule. 



5. L. setosa. R. 



Perennial, twining, tender parts armed with adpressed bris- 

 tles. Leaves round-cordate, acuminate, parallel-veined, scaly 

 underneath. Peduncles panieled. Corols exactly eampanu- 

 late, with a small, sub-entire border. Berry hid in the large, 

 fleshy calyx. 



A native of ihe northern Circnr>. Flowering time the cool 

 dry months of December and January. 



Stems ligneous, twining. Branches numerous ; young 

 shoots clothed with stiff", short, silvery, adpressed bristles. 

 Leaves petioled, round cordate, entire, acuminate: veins pa- 

 rallel, elevated, aud simple ; the upper surface smooth, (hep 

 green, the under one whitish, with numerous minute, pellu- 



