NAT. ORDER. 



Portxdaceoi. 



OALANDRINIA DISCOLOE. TRI-COLOEED CALANDEINIA. 



Class XIII. PoLYANDRiA. Onlcr I. Monogtnta. 



Gen. Cliar. Calyx, permanent, bipartite. Sepals, roundish, ovate. 

 Petals, three to five, inserted into the bottom of the calyx. Sta- 

 mens, four to fifteen. Style, one, very short. Lobes, collected. 



Spe. Char. Leaves, quite entire, radical or alternate. Pedicels, one 

 flowered, axillary or opposite the leaves. 



Tlie stem of this plant is suffmticose, succulent, much branched, 

 flexuose, and marked with the scars arising from the falling of the old 

 leaves ; the leaves are mostly confined to extremity, or near the ex- 

 tremity of the branches ; they are lanceolate-spathulate, acute, fre- 

 quently rc-cm-ved, succulent, of a glaucous green on the upper surface, 

 and a puiplish red beneath ; the racemes which are terminal from the 

 apex of the branches, are long ; tlie pedicels compound and deflexed 

 before and after flowering ; the fioicers are large and about twice 

 the size of those of Calandrinia grandiflora ; the cff/</.r consists of two 

 concave, ovate, green leaves, spotted widi black ; the petals are very 

 large, obcordate, and of a bright rose color ; the stamens are from 

 twenty to Uiirty in number; ihejilamcnts are red and slighdy downy ; 

 the anthers red and brown ; the polen orange color ; the germen broad- 

 ly ovate, and green ; the style is thickened, especially upwards ; the 

 stigtna consists of three flattened lobes, which are yellow. 



Among the many novel and beautiful plants which adorn the Bn 

 tish gardens, is the Calandrinia discolor. Many oUiers of its species. 

 Vol. IV.— 38. 



