PENTAS CARNEA. 
(Flesh-coloured Pentas.) 
Class. 
PENTANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
RUBIACE^. 
Generic Chauacteb..— Calyx tube short, turbinate ; 
limb deeply five-cleft ; segments narrow, unequal, 
sometimes with one or two small glands at the recesses. 
Corolla tube lengthened: throat cam panulate, bearded 
inwardly ; limb spreading, five-cleft ; segments ovate, 
smooth, imbricated in asstivation. Stamens five, in- 
serted below the throat. Filaments short. Anthers 
linear. Disk epigynous, thick. Style thread-shaped ; 
apex two-lobed. Capsule nearly globular ; apex free, 
sharp-pointed ; cells two-valved ; valves two-cleft. 
Seeds numerous. — Benth. 
Speciffc CuARACTETi.^Leaves ovate or oblong oval, 
acute, wedge-shaped at the base, hairy. Corolla tube 
many times longer than the calyx. Style branching, 
lengthened. Capsule valves parted. 
The beautiful half-shrubby plant here depicted has been lately introduced to 
this country from the Continent, and grown in several of the gardens and nurseries 
about London under the name of Sipanea carnea. It was first received at the 
Botanic Gardens of Kew, from Mr. Mackoy of Liege, and has since been obtained 
by Messrs. Rollisson" and others, from the Jardin des Plantes at Paris. No 
memoranda were furnished with these plants respecting the native country of the 
species, and we are, consequently, unable to state with certainty what part of the 
world claims it as its production. Another species of the genus, P. parvifldra^ 
having been discovered by Dr. Yogel, in the late Niger expedition, growing in the 
western part of Tropical Africa, near Accra, and other plants nearly allied being 
found in the same neighbourhood. Sir William Hooker, in the Botanical Magazine, 
conjectures this to belong to the same locality. 
As an ornamental plant for the stove, or possibly for a warm greenhouse, this 
will be hailed as an acquisition of some importance. It has an excellent robust 
habit, and produces a number of partially-spreading branches, forming a handsome 
bushy plant, clothed with an abundance of large, broad foliage, concealing the 
stems to the very base with its lively verdure. These branches usually bear 
flowers as they are formed, even when the plant is in an exceedingly dwarf state, 
without appearing to have any injurious effect on the continuing growth of the 
specimen. The blossoms are collected into corymbose clusters and stand erect, 
displaying their lovely soft flesh-coloured hue to the utmost advantage. When 
