THE ILLUSTRATION HORTICOLE. 



PL CLX. 



LASIANDRA LEPIDOTA, naudin. 



SCALY LASIANDRA, 



iflh,, tuiin 



nat. oed. MELASTOMAGEAE. 



subcampanulato, libero, limbi quinquepartiti lobis angustis, acuminatis. Corollae petala 5, 

 , obovata. Stamina 10, cum petalis inserta; filamenta glabra v. saepius pilosa, antherae 

 nnectivo basi intus varie biauricul.it >. (hnwht lu- . ilyci -uliadhaerens, superne liberum, 

 [Ifiuvulafi--. Sf f /l//< filii'ormi>; sthjiwt punctitbrme. Cnjx/da intra calycem libera v. leviter 

 inquerimosa. Semina plurima, reniformi-oblonga, punctata, umbilico basilari. — Arbores 

 enfrs. phtx minus wtosi v. strbj<><i I > molli t , m I ran - 'iii„ - f u;$ oppmith 

 yribus termmalibm, panicula - roseis, nibris v. pitniceis, singulis 



mox deciduo indusis. 



frutescens, erecta; caules subteretes superne ramosi lepidoto-strigillosi ; folia ovata acuta integer- 

 2-3. lata, utraque pagina sed superiore praesertim dense-strigilloso-setosa, nervis subtus setoso-le- 

 ; fhrcs ad apices raraulorum glomerati, bractea quadri ' /, getis lepidotis dense 



duplo brevioribns triangularibus acutis; petala late obovato-subemaroinata riliat i. 2-3 cent, longa et 



albo; stamina .subconformia connective- ad insertionem filamenti barbato, pilis in fasciculos tines 



ersus pilis aliquot divaricatis ornato; stylus glaberrimus. — Crescit in Peruv 

 prope Rio-Negro Antioquiarum) et in Brasilia (Goyaz). — Charact. pro ma: 

 ntani vivaiu in linrto Lindeniano desumptis. — Ed. A. 

 ui'liii. ILItisttmi, p. 155. 

 XuuL ibid, (fide Triana). 

 var. lepidotum, Triana, in Trans, of the Linn. Soc. Lond., XXVIII, p. 



(Moyobamba), in 

 ma parte e clar. 



M. Linden in 1867, from the prov- 

 nan.ula; and the first part of the 

 '" liting plants in 1871. It inhabits 

 Cordillera of the Andes. Isolated 

 M. Linden even in the most exposed 

 mos (snow plains) of Znm 

 ice of Pampluna, Santander, where 

 in the tearful tornados which lay 

 » the influence of these dreadful 

 shrub is torn away in long strips, 



ot siete cueros or seven skins, 

 nite it with the Lasiandra lepidota 

 bo as the extremely fugacious flow- 

 Battsfactory state for examination. 

 11,1 the other species described and 

 n his admirable monograph of the 

 1;l! 'l<' to connect it with any other 

 ' shall retain the present name for 

 ■'» pt'ooi that our identification is 

 'h-s.-ription that we made of this 

 1,1 P J »i-t. with the addition of the 



the portrait : 



luni.-rous slender branches; bark 

 l ™»wl' 'i with white on the older 



branches, and separating longitudinally; young branches 

 terete or obscurely tetragonal , with a green ground, clothed 

 with small, bright red, truncate scales, appressed at the 

 base, erect and acute on the margin of the petiole and leaf 

 and on the nerves of the under surface of the leaf; petiole 

 about 5 lines long, flattened above ; blade of the leaf ovate, 

 acuminate entire, apex recurved, with 3 parallel, depressed 

 yellowish nerves, the lateral confluent and about 2 lines 

 from the margin. The colour of the leaf is a beautiful, deep 

 green on which the closely appressed hairs are distinguish- 

 able, giving the surface the appearance of a; cat's tongue. The 

 under surface is paler, covered with light brown scales, and 

 the whitish nerves very much elevated. The small bracts 

 between the petioles are erect and acute. 



Flowers about 2 inches in diameter, of the most beautiful, 

 bright carmine red, changing to white towards the base of 

 the petals. Calyx caducous, and not observed by us; corolla 

 composed of 5, obovate, flat petals. The stamens with white 

 filaments, and very long, yellow, recurved anthers. 



Now that this handsome plant has produced flowers it will 

 he propagated and distributed. We are all the more pleased 

 with it, because its natural habitat, at a considerable altitude, 

 indicates that it will flourish in a cool house; and plants of 

 rare in cultivation. E. A. 



this Order 



