96 rALYCIFLORvE. 



rufescenti tomentose. Peduncles axillary, solitary, more 

 than twice the length of the petiole, terete, hirsute, one- 

 flowered. Scales 6, in pairs, roundish, concave, coloured, 

 ciliated with rufous hairs, concealing the calyx. Ca!y- 

 cine lobes 6, suberect, obtuse, crimson, ciliated. Petals 

 6, thick, coriaceous, very glabrous, of a bright crimson, 

 twice the length of the scales, deciduous. Stamens 12 ; 

 filaments tasneaform, thin, crimson : anthers yellow ; pollen 

 a fine white power. Style longer than the stamens, ro- 

 bust, subulate, crimson : stigma simple. 



The description of Swartz is \ery inaccurate. — This 

 is one of the most beautiful of the wild plants of our for- 

 ests, and is commonly designated the " Jamaica Rose." 

 There must be some difficulty in its cultivation, as it has 

 not yet found a place in our Gardens : although it is very 

 common in our mountains, sending its roots into the clefts 

 of the rocks, by the waysides. We are informed by 

 writers on Horticulture, that plants of this genus, grow 

 weil in peat, or peat and loam mixed, and that cuttings, 

 taken from quite ripened wood, planted in sand, and 

 plunged in a moist heat, root readily. 



Tribe iv. CHARIAKTHEJE. 



Anthers bilocular, opening by a double longitu- 

 dinal cleft. Fruit fleshy. Seeds wedge-shaped, 

 angular. 



XVI. Chjenopleura. 



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Calyx adnate to the ovary ; limb obtuse, 5- 

 toothed. Petals 5, subrotund. Stamens 10, 

 scarcely longer than the petals. Anthers longi- 

 tudinally bi-rimose, with the connective at the 

 base obtusely biauriculated. Style clavate : stig- 

 ma orbiculate, subumbilicated . Berry ? 3-4- 

 celled : seeds ? — DC. 



Name from x a ' vW to split open, and nck^a. the membrane 

 lining the cavity of the thorax. 



1 Chsenopleura quadrangularis. Quadran- 

 gular Chmnopleura. 



Branches tetragonal slightly sulcated glabrous 



