PHARBITIS. 
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purpurea Poir. in Lam. Diet. vi. 16; Pers. i. 183; Coss. et 
Germ. 259. Pharbitis hispida Chois, in DC. ix. 341 ; J. A. 
Selim. FI. Verd. 233. — Herb. ann. Mad. reg. 1, |. Waste 
ground and vineyards all about F unclial ; amongst Cactuses 
( Opuntia Tuna L.) along the Cameo road beyond the Louros, 
&c. At various seasons. — St. slender strongly twining to the 
height of 4 mostly or 5 but sometimes 10 or 12 ft. Whole pi. 
adpressedly subhispid-pubescent, the short w. hairs on the st. 
and petioles deflexed. L. rather dark dull gr. above, paler 
beneath, thin soft or flaccid, a little shining or glossy, broadly 
cordate with a short point, 2-4 in. long, a little broader than 
long, their petioles mostly longer than themselves. Ped. 2 r 3 in. 
long; pedic. ^-1 in. long, after flowering thickened upwards 
and stiffly hooked or deflexed ; br. small linear inconspicuous. 
Sep. 6-8 lines long pale gr., 2 or 3 outer broad, 3 or 2 inner 
narrow. Cor. 2-2| in. in diam., the throat and tube pale or 
w., altog'ether smooth inside ; the tube about an inch long 
regularly infundibuliform from the base. Anth. and style not 
rising out of the throat, pure w. Fil. bearded towards the 
base with spreading w. curly hairs ; style altogether smooth. 
Stigma capitate depresso-globose 3-lobed coarsely and strongly 
granulate, not favoso-cellulose as in P. Learii Hook. Nec- 
tary shallow 5-agonal, notched at the angles, pale y. Ov. 
smooth shining conico-turbinate 3-celled, each cell 2- ovulate. 
Caps, cernuous smooth globose, a little higher than broad, 4 or 
5 lines in diam., at first pale gr. or whitish, finally pale brown 
splitting up valvately from the bottom, very fragile, 3-celled, 
6-seeded; seeds black subpuberulous or finely rough, a little 
shining, triangular, the. sides flat, the back convex and grooved, 
5 milhn. long, 3 broad. 
Pharbitis Learii Hook, in BM. t. 3928 occurs in gardens at Fun- 
chal ; and S r Moniz thinks it will soon become quite natural- 
ized. Roots per. St. at first herbaceous loosely twining or 
trailing, then after a year or two frutescent woody and climb- 
ing to a considerable height up trees &c. L. cordate, the 
lower and those of the barren shoots often bluntly 3-lobate, 
all greyish and finely tomentose beneath. Ped. longer than 
tire 1. Cymes 3-5-fld. FI. much larger and brighter v. -purple 
than in P. purpurea. Sep. lanceolate-acuminate hairy-pubes- 
cent almost silky. Cor. 3^-4 or even 5 in. in diam., the tube 
3 in. long infundibuliform from the base. Stigma snow-w. 
abruptly depresso-globose or subdiscoidal, curiously areolato- 
cellulose or coarsely and irregularly honeycombed with hollow 
cells separated by irregular reticulating sharp intermediate 
walls crests or ridges; not granulate. Nectary w. shallow 
irregularly 5-sinuate obtuse crenate. Ov. 3-celled, G-sceded, 
2 seeds in each cell, but ripened only occasionally. 
