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FRANCISEA HOPEANA. 
CLASS. 
DIDYNAMIA. 
(oNE-FLOWERED FRANCISEA.) 
ORDER. 
ANGIOSPERMIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
SOLANEiE. 
Generic Character Calyx campanulate, permanent, somewhat swelled, having five equal teeth. 
Corolla salver-shaped, cut into five unequal parts ; tube half an inch long. Style somewhat thick at 
the top. Stigma two-lobed. 
Specific Character. — Plant shrubby; branches short; leaves oblong-lanceolate, alternate, dark green, 
waved on the edges, smooth and shining ; flowers very fragrant, solitary, usually produced on the naked 
stem where it is destitute of leaves, but sometimes terminating the short spuf-like branches ; tube of 
corolla much narrower than the calyx, and extends about two-thirds longer; of a pale purple colour; 
limb of the corolla divided into five spreading lobes, bright purple at the first opening, and afterwards 
fading until it'becomes white ; mouth of the tube yellowish white on the lower margin. 
The plant, from which the accompanying figure was taken, flowered in the stove 
at Chatsworth, in March last, and certainly had a very beautiful appearance : 
the fragrance emitted was very delightful. The plant was first introduced from 
Brazil by Marshal Beresford, to his sister, Mrs. Thomas Hope, of Deepdene, after 
whom it has been named by Dr. Hooker. 
It requires the constant heat of the stove, and thrives in a loamy soil, mixed with 
peat, and may be propagated by cuttings of half ripened wood. 
The generic name is given in honour of Francis the First, emperor of Austria. 
