. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. 90 Tlic Country Gentleman's Magazine NEW AND RARE PLANTS. NO. I. THE ABYSSINIAN JIBARA (Rynchopetalum montanum). N the last number of the Journal of Robert Brown formed a truer estimate of its affinities J. Travel there is a figure of tlie very re- markable Jibara, which we reproduce. The writer says :— " There are a number of forms peculiar to Abyssinia itself, the most remarkable of which, perhaps, is the wonderful Jibara (Rhynchopetalum montanum) the when he placed it in the neighbouring order, the Cam- panu
. The Country gentleman's magazine. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Great Britain. 90 Tlic Country Gentleman's Magazine NEW AND RARE PLANTS. NO. I. THE ABYSSINIAN JIBARA (Rynchopetalum montanum). N the last number of the Journal of Robert Brown formed a truer estimate of its affinities J. Travel there is a figure of tlie very re- markable Jibara, which we reproduce. The writer says :— " There are a number of forms peculiar to Abyssinia itself, the most remarkable of which, perhaps, is the wonderful Jibara (Rhynchopetalum montanum) the when he placed it in the neighbouring order, the Cam- panulacea?. If it were blue (which it is not) it might be called the blue-bell of Abyssinia, rather a different looking Campanula from our humble little hare-bell. It is a tree 15 feet in height, with succulent leaves, and in some respects bearing a great similarity to the Agaves, with which it has the additional point of re-. T!-,;; Ky::cJw/'ctal!:i:i inoiitni zone of which begins at 11,000 feet, and continues, so far as the soil extends, up to the highest tops, at first mixed with Erica and Hypericum, then standing in thousands on the short grass of the meadows, bloom- ing amongst the numerous small alpine plants. "It has long been known as one of the most strik- ing plants of the country. Jussieu and most botanists have ranked it among the Lobeliacere, but we think semblance, that it lives until it flowers, and then dies. The flower-spike is yellowish-red in colour, and very handsome. Its other qualities, however, are not so pleasant, its fresh juice has the smell of bugs. It is very poisonous, so much so that even its shadow is said to be fatal to those who sleep under it. A more credilile report is, that even its smoke occasions ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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