SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Cynanchum foliis cordatis, acutis, pilosis: floribus in umbellis proliferis: corollis bicoloribus: petalis ad basin hirsutis: caule volubili.
Cynanchum with heart-shaped, pointed, hairy leaves: flowers grow in proliferous umbels: blossoms two-coloured: petals hirsute at the base: stem twining.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.
1. The empalement.
2. A blossom spread open.
3. The parts of fructification magnified.
4. The seed-bud, shaft, summit, and chives.
5. The same magnified.
This Cynanchum is, we believe, a perfectly new species, and continues to flower during the summer and autumnal months, running to a great length. In that, as well as in other particulars, it bears a considerable resemblance to the Cynanchum extensum of Jacquin’s Icones, but is far superior to that species from its petals being enlivened with a rich purple spot, a slight tinge of which is even visible on the smallest buds. There is an abundant succession of bloom, and the flowers appear to expand with freedom. Our drawing was made last August from a fine plant in the hot-stove of the Countess de Vandes.
