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URVILLASA ferruginea. 
Brown-haired Urvillea. 
OCTANDRIA TRIGY.NIA. 
Nat. ord. Sarinpacen, 
URVILLA:A Kunth.—Cal. 5-sepalus persistens; sepalis 2 exterioribus 
minoribus. Petala 4 unguiculata, 2 magis distantia. Stamina 8, filamentis 
liberis. Ovarium substipitatum, 3-loculare, ovulis solitariis ascendentibus. 
Glandule 2, maculeformes ad basin stipitis. Capsula membranacea 3-alata 
carpellis 3 samaroideis axi adnatis constans. Frutices sarmentosi, foliis 
ternatis, racemis bast cirrhosis axillaribus spiceformbus, floribus albidis. 
Decand. prodr. 1. 602. 
U. ferruginea ; ramis triquetris: angulis rufo-villosis, foliolis cordatis dentatis 
sublobatis villosis, fructibus pubescentibus. 
Frutex sarmentosus, 20-pedalis, pilis omnibus ferrugineis. Rami tri- 
uetri, angulis villosissimis, lateribus glabris. Folia ternata, molliter villosa, 
petiolis tomentosis ; foltolis cordatis, gross et inequaliter dentatis, sublobatis, 
dentibus sepius apiculatis. Racemi extra-axillares penduli, pedicello infimo 
sterili, cirrhoso, fructiferi elongati 6-9 uncias longi. Flores albi. Fructus 
magni, ovati, retust, 3-alati, pubescentes, breviter stipitati. 
A native of Brazil, whence seeds were sent to the Hor- 
ticultural Society, by the late Mr. Forbes, in 1823. Our 
drawing was made in the Chiswick Garden, in May 1826. 
A remarkable stove-plant, twining and clinging by 
means of the lowest pedicels of its racemes, which are 
sterile and converted into tendrils, to the length of 20 feet, 
or more. The flowers are inconspicuous; but the 3-cor- 
nered stems, the angles of which are densely protected by 
long brown hairs, and the ferruginous aspect of the foliage, 
render this deserving of a place in every good collection in 
which twining plants are cultivated. 
From fine Brazilian specimens in fruit, for which we 
are indebted to the late M. Manneville, we learn that the 
