THE FLORIST 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



CERATOSTEMA GRANDIFLORUM. 



Vacciniece. — Decandria-Monogynia. 



Charact. Gexer. — Calyx herbinatur 5-gamosepalus, semi-adhgerens, lim- 

 bo 5-partito, partitionibus liberis magnis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis mares- 

 centibus. Corolla plerumejue magna, crassa, subcoriacea, tubulosa, subcon- 

 ica, nervosa 5-gamopetala, apice breviter angulata, limbo 5-fido, laciniis 

 acutis erectis vel reflexis. Stamina 10, epigyna, recta, corollae longitucline, 

 inclusa. Filament a brevia, compressa, linearia, supra basin extus hirta, pi- 

 lis rufis retroflexis subcoalita. Anther ce longissimse, biloculares, loculis basi 

 liberis, medio coalitas, adnatis, superne liberis in tubulos longe productis, po- 

 ro obliquo oblongo apice dehiscentibus. Discus epigynus, liberus, annularis. 

 Ovarium semi-adhierens, subberbinatum, truncatum, punctis decern excava- 

 tis staminum insertionibus responclentibus notatum, e carpellis 5-coalitas 5-lo- 

 culare. Stylus cylindricus rectus. Stigma subcapitatum 5-striatum obso- 

 lete pentagonum. Bacca turbinata, subglobosa interdum obscure penta- 

 gons, superne truncata, limbo calycino et disco siccis marciclis coronata, sub- 

 umbilicata, 5-locularis, loculis polyspermia. Semina plurima minima, obo- 

 vata ossea. — Frutices Peruviani, sempervirentes. Caules erecti, ramosissimi ; 

 rami patuli. Folia integra breviter petiolata. Flores spicati, terminoles 

 vel axillares, 1-ni 2-ni S-ni 4-nique, bract eolis 2 supra basin cincti, flor eli- 

 te* primum erecti, dein cernui, tandem fructiferi erecti. Gremmarum squa- 

 mae, bracteoe racemi, calyces, corollae et baccce rubicundi coloris. — Fruelus 

 ob saporem acido-dulcem Americani jucunde comedunt. Flores incisos ad 

 acetariorum ornatus et saporis acidi gratia adhibentios. 



Charact. Specif. — " C. ramis junioribus pubescentibus, foliis brevissime 

 petiolatis parvis coriaceis ovali-cordatis utrinque punctulatis marginibus rev- 

 olutis integerrimis, floribus nutantibus, subterminalibus prsecipue in axilis 

 foliorum solitariis nunc aggregates, pedunculis vix folia superantibus calyci- 

 busque pubesentibus, corollis amplis suburceolato-cylindraceis calycem quin- 

 tuplo superantibus limbi lobis 5 patentibus." Hook. 



Ceratostema grandiflorum, Ruiz et Pav. Icon. ined. t. 383 . — Dunal 

 in DC. Prodr. VII, p. 553. 



Ceratostema longiflorum, Lln'dl. in Garden. Chronicl. 1848, p. 87 cum 

 icone. — Fl. des serr. IV. p. 346 D cum icone xylograph. — Klotzsch in 

 Linn. XXIV. p. 68.— Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4479. (Icon hie iterata.) 



The beautiful plant which we figure this month belongs to the Vaccinium 

 section of the large and much cultivated family of Ericaceae or Heaths. 

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