~ and only slightly hairy. STIpuLes interpetiolar, ovate, acuminate, 
pilose, erect, scarcely longer than the petioles. PEepDUNCLES terminal 
and axillary, opposite, disposed in a terminal panicle, which is dicho- 
tomous, and villose. FLowers shortly petals CaLyx superior, 
five-parted, pilose, segments linear, equal, sprea Coro..a‘hy- 
pocrateriform, flesh-coloured, externally clothed with silky hair; tube 
cylindrical, swelling towards the apex, twice the length of the calyx ; 
limb five-cleft, spreading, segments roundish, equal, internally smooth 
and orange-coloured; throat devoid of hairs. Sramens 5, inserted into 
the throat, scarcely protruding. FrtaMents slender,smooth. AN- 
THERS oblong-linear, smooth, attached to the back, two-celled, dehis- 
cing by a longitudinal dehiscence. Ovary inferior, somewhat pear- 
shaped, with silky hairs. Sryxe, the length of the tube. Sriama 
two-cleft. CapsuLe globose, crowned with the persistent calyx. 
PopuLtaR AND GeocRAPHICAL Notice. All the species which 
are entitled to rank under the genus Rondeletia, that we are at pre- 
sent acquainted with, are natives of America and the West Indies, 
with the adjacent Islands. This species is found in Cuba, near the 
town of Havannah, on bush-covered rocks, near the sea, and occasion- 
ally onthe naked rock itself. Under the powerful influence of the tro- 
pical sun, it evolves a sweet odor, but this, in plants in our stoves, 
so faint, as scarcely to be perceptible. An odorous principle is of 
frequent occurrence in the members of this tribe, of which the beauti- 
ful Luculia gratissima, in our preceding number is an instance. 
INTRODUCTION ; WHERE GROWN; CULTURE. Sent to the Messrs. 
Loddiges, in 1830, by Wm. Sharpe M° Leay, Esq. The plant from 
which our drawing was made, flowered in the stove of the Messrs. Lod- 
diges, at Hackney, in October, 1836. It is entirely a stove plant, and 
cannot bear exposure to cold, even in summer. In a compost of 
sandy loam and peat it will grow vigorously. When increase is re- 
quired, cuttings may be struck in clear white sand, under a bell glass, 
which should be wiped occasionally. 
DERIVATION OF THE NAMEs. 
RonDELerT1A, in compliment to Guillaume Rondelet, a physician, and author 
of sen on Algw, and Fishes. Oporata, odorous, from the fragrance of the 
flow 
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RONDELETIA ODORATA. agen Stirpes REST p. 59 Linneus. 
Species 1,671. — Botani sh teats Folio 1905. tanical Cabinet. 
RonDELETIA speciosa, is an erroneous Nursery name. 
