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[Prate 88.] 
THE MYSORE HEXACENTRE 
(HEXACENTRIS MYSORENSIS.) 
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A beautiful Stove Climber, from Mysore, belonging to the Natural Order of ACANTHADS. 
Specific Character. 
THE MYSORE HEXACENTRE. Leaves oblong, acumi- HEXACENTRIS M YSORENSIS ; 1 foliis oblongis acümi- 
or lobed or hastate. Bracts very small. Bractlets ovate, bracteis minimis, bracteolis ovatis acutis corolla duplà 
acute, twice as short as the corolla. Lower lip of the brevioribus, corollze labio inferiore tripartito lobis equa- 
corolla three-parted, with ovate reflexed lobes ; the upper libus reflexis superiore obtuso galeato bilobo tubo basi 
obtuse, € two-lobed ; the tube at the base shaggy intus villoso, antheris villosis, stigmate tubuloso 
inside. shaggy. Stigma 
Hexacentris mysorensis : Wight. ic. plant., t. 871; fide Walpers’ Annales, 1. 539. 
MONG all the fine plants exhibited in the garden of the Horticultural Society last May, none 
excited such universal interest as that now represented. It formed a small umbrella-like creeper 
trained over trellis in the manner represented in the annexed vignette, the whole circumference of 
which was loaded with pendulous racemes of most beautiful large yellow and crimson flowers. The 
plant was sent to Messrs. Veitch of Exeter from the Mysore country, which it inhabits, as its name 
indicates. No doubt it is the best hothouse climber that has been introduced for many years. 
We understand that the plant was sent home by Francis Maltby, Esq., of the H.E.L.C. Civil 
Service. Our drawing having been taken from an inferior specimen, by no means represents all 
the character and beauty of the species. One drawing, received from Mr. Maltby since this figure 
was made, represents the bunches of flowers and buds from fifteen to eighteen inches long, and 
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