Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences edinburghjournal01macg Year: 1835 The Genus Brugmansia was constituted by Persoon; but Blume first included this Plant under that denomination. The characters which he aF5';;ned to the Genus Brugmansia are the following:—Perianth with one leaf; the crown of the throat interrupted; limb five-parted; segments or partitions twice or thrice cleft; tha estivation valvate induplicate; the central column, sub^lobo^r, above and naked; anthers monadelphous, two-celled, opening by two pores. This Plant, when it first bursts
Edinburgh journal of natural history and of the physical sciences edinburghjournal01macg Year: 1835 The Genus Brugmansia was constituted by Persoon; but Blume first included this Plant under that denomination. The characters which he aF5';;ned to the Genus Brugmansia are the following:—Perianth with one leaf; the crown of the throat interrupted; limb five-parted; segments or partitions twice or thrice cleft; tha estivation valvate induplicate; the central column, sub^lobo^r, above and naked; anthers monadelphous, two-celled, opening by two pores. This Plant, when it first bursts from the roots of its parent tree, exhibits merely a small tubercle or bud; as it gradually expands, it assumes the different appearances represented above, until finally it acquires the utmost extent of its growth, which is limited in these remarkable parasites to a simple development of their reproductive organs, or mere blowing of the flower. Just before its ultimate expansion it has the following appearance. The root upon which it grows, or rather blows, belongs to the Clssus tuherculata of Blume—a tree very plentiful in the moist woods on the south-west of Mount Salax. The Brugmansia Zippelii is stated to have the property of being remarkably styptical; its specific name Zippelii was given in compliment to the individual who first discovered this curious vegetable production. THE GUIJANO TEA PLANT. 'We are indebted to M. Bonpland for the important information, that South America contains a plant capable of affording a beverage very much resembling the common tea of China. It is found in the neighbourhood of Popayan. The inhabitants of this town make an infusion of its leaves, which have all the properties of Tea, and may be appUed to the same purpose. BI. Guijano, a distinguished citizen of that place, was the discoverer. Perceiving a great analogy between the leaves of this Melastoma and the common Tea-leaves, he at first thought that his country possessed the real
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