THE ILLUSTRATION HORTICOLE. 



PL. CLXXXVIII. 



CLAVIJA RODEKIANA, ukden et axdre. 



NAT. OKD. THEO 



ETYMOLOGY: Named .-it'ln- Clavijn [''axiii'do 



PHRASTEAE. 



naturalist, and translator of Buffon. 



GENERIC CHARACTER: Calyx profundo quinqucfidus , laciniis imbricatis, 

 appendices carnosas cum limhi quinquelobi laciniis obt.i.sU. 

 mina 5, imo corollao tubo inserta, faucem vix superantia, filaments in tubum connat a I roe extron 



in capitulum decemradiatum comiiventos, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarium lmi „ , u r , , ' „', ' '" 



adscendentini amphitmpa. Sli/lus luwi^inms. slit/ma abbreviato-bilobum. Bacca 



basilari-globosae , liberae inserta, umbilico propo basim ventrali, testa mucilao-inov /' / ■ ■"/''■'■' 



cot\lf«l<inlm^ ov.tti pl.mi*. iMimiIi miui — Fnttiu^ Aim rir<«> tn>i>„i« nuio s,„ ,, „ 



tomato wftt/un,in> V'''»'W''"''I^ nonius a > illiti ibiis ,„„y „ s , ())(/> s/,„/, s ,„/, , ;, , , / 



floribus ntifantihis , abort u saepc unisexual ibus albis v. aurantiacis. — Endl. Gen. 4230. 



Clavija, Ruiz et Pavon, i>rafo\ 124, t. 36. 



Theophrastae spec. Lin. Gen. 207. 



Eresia, Plumier, Gen. 8. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER: arbor erecta, simplicicaulis, trunco rufo rugoso; folio, ad apicem caulis 

 -ul.wti.illata. glaberrima, nervosa, 40-50 cent, longa. 10-15 lata . elongate obovato-oblonya acuta iiih-rrr'm 

 mtide- iridia subtus glaucescentia , petiolo brevissimo (1-2 cent, longo) basi crassiusculo, nigrescent*', lam 



dulatis, costa supra vix clevata, subtus prominentissima augustata, aerria pennatis juljparallelifl <u n 



marginem anastomosantibus ; flores in racemis axillaribus nutantibus permultis dispositi, Invvit.v ]„,[„ 

 rufescente tomentelloso , pedicellis basi bract bi 5 aobotU 



branaceis; corolla rosacea (5 mill, diam.) lobis 5 sepalis duplo majoribus rottmdatis patulis cochleatia glabru 



eroso-fimbriatis , drupa — Crescit in sylvis prope Juncam in Andibus Bogotensibiia (Nova-Granata) et 



provincia dicta Antioquia. — Legit primus cl. Triana, annis 1851-57 : in hort. Lind. vivani allata. 1871.— Ad. 



Clavija Rodekiana, Linden et Andre, sp. nov. 



Th-eoplirasta Rodekiana, Lind. Cat. 



This new species is a native of New-Grenada, and is dedi- j dried Colombian plant- given by Mr. 



cated by us to Mr. E. Rodek, an intelligent amateur of Museum. Living plants were received ' 



in Vienna. Its first discovery dates from the time from the province of Antioquia. 



of the chirographic exploration of N. Grenada, when Mr. Tins will prove a remarkable nddil 



Triana found it near Junca, in the Andes of Bogota, about species of which require a careful n 



1650 feet above the level of the sea. We were so fortunate having being sent out under the ine 



as to find an authentic unnamed specimen of it among the ' phrasta. 



EXHIBITION OF THE SOClETE CENTRALE DE PARIS. 



Thi S Flower,rruitandVegetablcShowwasheldonOet.l4, , attesting the superiority of the French system of cultu 

 ■erior to what might hare been expected in this useful branch of gardening. 



The show of vegetables was exceedingly fine, an unusual 

 stance in Pa 



at so late as ..._ 



The prize of honour, a set of Se» iW , 

 to Messrs. Baltet brothers, of Troyes , for a magnificent col- The 70 varieties of 1 otatos exto&itaa b, m^ - < 

 lection of fruits, comprising 220 varieties of Rear, lOOvarie- rue du Pont neuf, Fans, were *e gro* , 

 «es of Apple, and some new seedling Tears, of which we rarer, accurately named. 

 wn sa Y no more at present , as they were still i 



Messrs Croux and Sons of Auluay, near St 

 a gold medal for a collection of fruits very 

 in quality to the preceding, and even more 

 varieties. These gentlemen also exhibited an unnamed new I neria 

 seedling Pear, raised from the 7W»m { >rhiver,of enorm- et-Oi 

 ous size, and, it is said, of excellent quality. Aocalyx and Tydaea, verj 



There were several other collections of fruits, nearly all of great interest for win* 

 01 them good, and mostly containing superb specimens, 



Ornamental plants \ 



ch we shall notice ma: 

 iaceaeshownbyMr.V 

 t which i 



neotNane; 

 needling < i- ■ 



