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4.— TROP^OLUM AZUREUM, Miers. THE BLUE TROPJEOLUM. 
Specific Characteh. — Leaves five-parted ; segments linear, nearly equal. Petals five, intensely blue, longer than the calyx. Spur conical, 
shorter than the sepals. 
Description, &c. — This is a most beautiful species ■with the stem, leaves, and habit of T. brachyceras, but 
flowers of a brilliant and intense blue. A specimen imported from Chili in 1841, was exhibited in flower by 
Messrs. Veitch and Son of Exeter, at the rooms of the Horticultural Society in Regent Street, October 4, 1842, 
being the first ever seen in blossom in England. The flowers are larger than those of T. brachyceras, but of 
nearly the same form ; and the blue is deepest at the margin of the petals, becoming paler in the centre. The 
whole appearance of the plant is particularly light and elegant, from the delicacy of the foliage, and the great 
abundance of the flowers ; as yet it has been only grown in a pot, but it will probably prove quite as hardy as 
the other species. 
5— TROP^OLUM PENTAPHYLLUM, Lam. THE FIVE-LEAVED TROP^OLUM, OR INDIAN CRESS. 
Specific Character. — Stem climbing. Root tuberous. Leaves 
SYNONVMits. — T. quinatum, Helle. ; Chymocarpus pentaphyllus, 
D. Don. 
Engravings.— Bot. Mag. t. 3190 ; Bot. Reg. 1. 1547 i Swt. Brit. 
Flow. Gard. 2d ser. t. 245 ; and o\xr fig. 6 in Plate 31. 
with long petioles, five-parted. Flowers axillary, solitary, on long 
peduncles. Calyx persistent. Spur long, clavate at the extremity. 
Petals two, very small. Fruit a pulpy berry. 
Description, &c. — This species differs so much from all the others, that the late Professor Don made it a 
distinct genus. The principal point of difference is, however, in the fruit, which is a juicy berry resembling, in 
appearance and taste, a black Zante grape. Other points of difference are in the petals, of which there are only 
two, instead of five ; and in the calyx, which is valvate iu the bud, and remains on till the fruit is ripe. It is a 
native of Buenos Ayres, and was first introduced in 1824 ; but being soon lost, it was re-introduced in 1830. It 
requires the same treatment as T. tricolorum, but as it grows much more vigorously in the open air than in a 
greenhouse, it is better adapted for a border plant. It should be grown in a compost of sandy peat and loam ; 
and it is propagated by seeds, which it ripens freely, or by cuttings which must be struck in sand, with the pot 
plunged in a hotbed. The name of Chymocarpus is derived from Chymos, juicy ; and carpus, a fruit. 
C— TROP.a:OLUM MORITZIANUM, Klotzsck. MR. MORITZ'S TROP^SOLUM. 
Engravings, — Bot. Mag. t. 384 4 ; Paxt. Mag. of Bot. vol. viii. 
p. 199 ; and oMt fig. 1, in Plate 31. 
Specific Character. — Leaves peltate, slightly 7 — 9-lobed, trun- 
cate at the base. Petals longer than the calyx, veined, and fringed at 
the margin- with red. Spur long. 
Description, &c. — This very remarkable species of Tropseolum was introduced in 1840 from Cumana in the 
"West Indies ; but though a native of so warm a climate, the plant grows vigorously in the open air in England, 
though as yet it has only flowered in a greenhouse. The root is tuberous, the stems are long, twining, and of a 
purplish tinge, and the leaves are nearly as round as those of the common annual species in the upper half of the 
leaf, but nearly straight in the lower part near the stalk. The plant is most nearly allied to T. tuberosum, and 
is rather shy in producing its flowers. Some have supposed it to be the same aa T. bicolor described by Ruiz 
and Pavon. It is generally grown in peat and loam. 
7.— TROP.a:OLUM JARRATTII, Paxt. MR. JARRATT'S TROPiEOLUM. 
Engravings. — Paxt. Mag. of Bot, vol. v. p. 29.j and our fig. 5 in ) Specific Character. — Stem climbing, slender. Leaves cut into 
Plate 31. 
six or seven segments. Petioles and peduncles cirrhose. 
Description, &c. — The flowers of this species strongly resemble those of T. tricolorum, but the plant is of 
