Jamesoniane. N. O. Tropeolee. 
TAB. DCLITI. 
TROPZOLUM TUBEROSUM. R. & P. 
Glaberrimum scandens, petiolis cirrhiformibus, foliis reniformi- 
bus 5-7-lobatis subtus glaucis, lobis latis retuso-truncatis glan- 
dula triangulari apiculatis, pedunculis longissimis (subspi- 
thamezis), calycis limbo erecto-patente in calcar longum 
subulato-cylindraceum obtusum apice constictum attenuato, 
petalis obovato-rotundatis breviter unguiculatis subzequalibus 
calycem paulo superantibus. 
Tropeolum tuberosum. Ruiz. et Pav. Fl. Per. 3, p.77, t. 314, 
f. 6. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 3714. 
Has. Peru & Columbia, Ruiz & Pavon, Hartweg, Lobb. Ravine 
near Quito, Dr. W.. Jameson. 
When the plate of this was prepared I had apputed it it to be 
a new species ; so little has it of the luxuriance of the cultivated 
plant. I suffer it to pass, however, as being drawn from a 
native specimen, from Quito, and from a locality where it had 
not been before known to be indigenous. 
Fig. 1. Flower :—magnified. 
