CILENOSTOMA POLYANTHUM. 
(Many-flowered Choenostoma.) 
Class. , Order. 
DIDY T NAMIA. AN GIOSPERMI A. 
Natural Order. 
SCRQPHULARlACEvE. 
Generic Character. — Calyx five-parted. Corolla 
deciduous, funnel-shaped or salver-shaped, rarely with 
a short sub-campanulate tube ; throat dilated ; limb 
almost equally five-cleft ; segments obovate or round- 
ish. Stamens didynamous ; anthers all similar, equal 
in height to the throat, or exserted. Leaves nearly all 
opposite, toothed, rarely quite entire; floral ones 
similar, or bractea-formed, free from the pedicels. 
Flowers axillary or racemose, on longish pedicels. 
Capsule glabrous. — Don’s Gard. and Botany . 
Specific Character. — Plant herbaceous or suffru- 
tieose, much branched at the base ; branches downy 
at top, panicled. Leaves ovate, toothed, wedged at 
the base ; upper ones oblong, glabrous or hoary 
beneath. Racemes loose. Calyx hispid. Corolla 
funnel-shaped ; tube hardly exceeding the calyx. 
The truly beautiful little plant represented in tlie accompanying plate is a 
native of South Africa, about Algoa Bay, and the Zwartkops Paver, in Uitenhage, 
where it was found by Ecklon. It has been recently introduced to England through 
the continental nurseries. In several of those of the metropolis it flowered last 
and the preceding autumn. 
In ha* it it is dwarf and bushy ; its leaves are small, of an ovate form ; and its 
flowers, produced very profusely, in large racemes, are of a bluish-lilac colour. 
In a small, insignificant plant, such as the present is when out of flower, we sel- 
dom expect to find many qualities worthy of particular attention. C. polyanthum 
however constitutes a remarkable exception ; its merits are such as will induce it to 
be sought for and appreciated by all who possess a garden. 
It is in short a very desirable species, and capable of being made eminently 
useful. Treated as an annual, it may be had in flower the greater part of the year. 
This property considered, in connection with the colour of its flowers, either em- 
ployed to decorate the border in the open air, or ornament the greenhouse, will 
recommend it without further comment. 
To those who have to keep up a continual supply of flowers, C. polyanthum will 
be found very useful. Cultivators producing them to furnish the markets will find 
it a valuable addition to those they already employ for that purpose. The manner 
of its growth and general habit also distinguish it as being most suitable for 
