THE FLORIST 



AND HORTICULTIIBAL JOURNAL. .. 



CISSUS DISCOLOR. 

 Ampelidece § YiteDe, Endi. — -Tetrandria (v. Pentandria)-Monogynia. 



CHARACT. GENER. — " Calyx liber, brevissimus, obsolete quadri — v. raris- 

 sime quinquelobus, Corolla p^tala 4, rarissime 5, disco hypogyno extus inserta, 

 sequalia, concava, apice cucullata, sestivafione induplicatim valvata, sub anthesi 

 patentia, decidua. Stamina 4, v. rarissime 5, cum petalis inserta, iisdem opposita ; 

 filamenta brevia, anther a biloculares, incumbentes, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. 

 Ovarium liberum, disco ; plus minus immersum; biloculare. Ovula in loculisgemina, 

 collateralia, e basi dissepimenti adscendentia, an'atropa. Stylus brevis ; stigma capi- 

 tatum. Bacca uni-bilocluaris, abbrtu monodisperma; Semina erecta, testa ossea, 

 epidermide membranacea Embryo in axi albuminis dense carnosi minimus or- 

 thotropus ; radicula infera. — 



" Fruti'ces sarmentosi, scandentes, rarissime arbores, inter tropicos totius orbis, 

 imprimis tamen Asia* crescents, in subtrdpicis multo rariores ; foliis alternis, sti- 

 pulates, simplicibus v. compositis, pedatis v. rarius pinnatis bipinnatisve, scepe pel- 

 I ucido punctatis, pet iolatis, petiolo basi articulator r amis floriferis oppositifoliis 

 ti. rarissime axillaribus, sterilibus in cirrkos co a versis, flori bus cymosis, scepissime 

 ad apicem ramulorum umbellatis, irmbeliis invo/ucratis, pedicillis basi articulatis 



CHARACT. SPECIF. — C. scandens ; ramis angulatis ■ ;■ foliis petiolatis ovato- 

 oblongis basi plus minus subhastato-cordatis, apice acumirratis acutis, margine re- 

 mote exserteque (nunc subadpresse) denticulatis (1), 3-5 plinerviis ; stipulis corda- 

 to-ovatis, obtusis ; cymis terminalibus et oppositifoliis, pauci-et laxifloris, breviter 



pedunculatis ; tloribus post anthesim longiuscule pedicellatis ; baccis magnitu- 



dine grani Piperis nigri, oblique subrotundis, monospermis, glaberrimis, semine 

 crasso, superficie rugoso. (Characf. e specim. authentico' Blumeano in herb. Mus 

 Paris, elicitum.) 



a glabrescens, Xob. — Totus glabriusculus, nervis foliorum hinc inde pilosulis. 



Cissus discolor, Blume. Bijdrag. 181. 



p mollis, Nob. — Totus tomento brevi molliter velutinus. 



(1) In icone nostra dentes nimis conferti et, quam'in' speciminibus horti botanici parisiensis 

 raulto minu3 exserti. 



The charming climber which we figure this month is a native of 

 Java, whence it was lately introduced into England by Messrs. Rol- 

 linson, the nurserymen. The flowers, like most of the vine family, 

 are small and of no beauty, but with such foliage it is beautiful with- 

 out flowers. A plant was exhibited at the last annual show of the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, held last September, irrthc'col- 

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