52 ICONES PLANTARUM. 



bracteatis nudis, calyce cum peduncalo pulchre coccinco sub antliesi 

 obconico late alat.o,alis in pedunculum decurrentlbus, segmentis liberis 

 ovato-triangularibus tubo subsequilongis venosisj corolla urceolata 

 quinque-alata saturate rubra fauce constricto breviter dentata, fila- 

 mentis connatis. 



Hab. On trunks of trees in the forest near Buenaventui'a, coast of 

 Columbia, Ball, 



This beautiful plant, conspicuous from a distance owing to tbe bril- 

 liant red colour of tbe inflorescence, was obtained for me by my friend, 

 Richard Ward, Esq., to whose assistance in collecting plants during 

 a short excursion in the Peruvian Andes I feel much indebted. It 

 was seen on the trunk of a tree about 40 feet high. It is widely 

 diflFerent from A, racemosus^ Hook., figured at tab. 243, vol. iii. of this 

 work, and still more so from A, mucronahis, Benth., PL Hartw. p. 221. 

 It is, however, nearly allied to a plant collected in Peru by Maclean, of 

 which there is an unnamed specimen in the Kew Herbarium. Another 

 specimen in the same collection from New Granada — No. 2716 of 

 Triana's collection — is probably referable to the same species as 

 Maclean's plant, but is in bad condition and scarcely determinable. In 

 both the peduncles are much shorter than in the Buenaventura speci- 

 mens ; the wings of the calyx are less broad, and apparently not 

 decurrent on the peduncle. Neither do they appear to be of the same 

 brilliant red colour which the specimens have continued to communi- 

 cate to the paper long after they have been thoroughly dry. — J- 



Ball. 



Fig. 1, Corolla. 2, 3. Stamens, front and back. 4. Vertical section of ovary. 

 Enlarged, 



Plate 146G. 



OIANTHUS BEDDOMEI, IIouJc. f. 

 AscLEPiADKiE, Tribe Marsdeniej:. 

 Oianthns Beddomei, "Eoolc. f. in Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 49 ; fratex volabiHs, 



ramuhs petiolia pedicellisque patentim tomentosis, folUs louge petlo- 

 latis late ovatis acuminatia basi rotundatis v. subcordatis, nervis cre- 

 bernme reticulatis, petiolo gracili, cymis brevissime peduiiculatis 

 multifloris, _ sepalis lanceolatis acaminatis, corolla disciformi, lobis 

 centre disci miuutis. 



Deccan Peninsula; in tbe Beigvor forests, Wynaad, Col. Beddome. 

 Eanmli graciles. Folia 4-5 poll, longa, 2-2i poll, lata, brevisaime in 



