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CALYCIFLOR^E. 
rufescenti tomentose. Peduncles axillary, solitary, more 
than twice the length of the petiole, terete, hirsute, one- 
flowered. Scales G, in pairs, roundish, concave, coloured, 
ciliated with rufous hairs, concealing the calyx. Ca!y- 
cine lobes G, suberect, obtuse, crimson, ciliated. Petals 
6, thick, coriaceous, very glabrous, of a bright crimson, 
twice the length of the scales, deciduous. Stamens 12 ; 
filaments tseneaform, thin, crimson : anthers yellow ; pollen 
a fine white power. Style longer than the stamens, ro- 
bust, subulate, crimson : stigma simple. 
The description of Swartz is very inaccurate. — This 
is one of the most beautiful of the wild plants of our for- 
ests, and is commonly designated the “ Jamaica Rose.” 
There must be some difficulty in its cultivation, as it has 
not yet found a place in our Gardens : although it is very 
common in our mountains, sending its roots into the clefts 
of the rocks, by the waysides. We are informed by 
writers on Horticulture, that plants of this genus, grow 
weil in peat, or peat and loam mixed, and that cuttings, 
taken from quite ripened wood, planted in sand, and 
plunged in a moist heat, root readily. 
Tribe iv. CHARI ANTHEM. 
Anthers bilocular, opening by a double longitu- 
dinal clelt. Fruit fleshy. Seeds wedge-shaped, 
angular. 
XVI. ClIiENGPLEURA. 
Calyx adnate to the ovary, limb obtuse, 5- 
toothed. Petals 5, subrotund. Stamens 10, 
scarcely longer than the petals. Anthers longi- 
tudinally bi-rimose, with the connective at the 
base obtusely biauriculated. Slyle clavate : stig- 
ma orbiculate, suburnbilicated . Berry ? 3-4- 
celled : seeds ? — DC. 
Name from to split open, and tfXsiga the membrane 
lining the cavity of the thorax. 
1 Chsenopleura quadrangularis. Quadran- 
gular Chrenopleura. 
Branches tetragonal slightly sulcated glabrous 
