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Leaves evergreen, alternate, short-stalked, entire: corollas strongly 5-angled, and the 5 tips short, triangular, erect or spreading and more or less yellow; stamens 10, much shorter than the corolla; disk ring-like or not evident; ovary 5-6-celled, the style filiform; ovules many.—One species, M. insignis, is currently offered abroad. Macleanias are probably of difficult cult. M. speciosissima in a large pot on a shelf near the glass, so that its branches may hang gracefully, should be a very striking subject. M. pulchra has the same habit and color of fls., but is perhaps less desirable. M. punctata is perhaps the most desirable of those with erect branches and stiff habit. This may be tried in a warmhouse border, with good drainage and shallow soil, as some of these macleanias have thick fleshy roots and the fibrous parts of the roots are said to keep near the surface.
Leaves evergreen, alternate, short-stalked, entire: corollas strongly 5-angled, and the 5 tips short, triangular, erect or spreading and more or less yellow; stamens 10, much shorter than the corolla; disk ring-like or not evident; ovary 5-6-celled, the style filiform; ovules many.—One species, M. insignis, is currently offered abroad. Macleanias are probably of difficult cult. M. speciosissima in a large pot on a shelf near the glass, so that its branches may hang gracefully, should be a very striking subject. M. pulchra has the same habit and color of fls., but is perhaps less desirable. M. punctata is perhaps the most desirable of those with erect branches and stiff habit. This may be tried in a warmhouse border, with good drainage and shallow soil, as some of these macleanias have thick fleshy roots and the fibrous parts of the roots are said to keep near the surface.
A number of macleanias mentioned in the literature do not appear to be regularly in the trade, as: M. angulata, Hook. Lvs. ovate, rather coriaceous, obtuse and entire, those on the young shoots delicate and with a deep tinge of red: fls. axillary, in 3s; corolla nearly 1 in. long, bright red with a yellow limb, contracted at the mouth, with 5 prominent angles or ridges. Peru. B.M. 3979. H.U.4, p. 327.—M. longiflora, Lindl. Near M. angulata, but with longer and narrower lvs., and the fls. less contracted at the orifice and the lobes not yellow. B.R. 30:25. H.U. 6, p. 100.—M. pulchra. Hook. Branches long and drooping: lvs. rather large, glossy, elliptic or oblong, short-petioled, 5-nerved: fls. aggregated in the axils, large, about 1 ¾ . in. long, the corolla-tube brignt scarlet and the limb yellow. Colombia. B.M. 5465.—M. punctata, Hook. Lvs. somewhat secund, sessile or practically so, oval, obtuse and entire, glossy and dotted: fls. crowded in upper axils, on red clavate peduncles; corolla 1 in. long, swollen below, rose-red and the upper part white tinged with yellow. Andes. B.M. 4426. G.W. 12, p. 774.—Sf. speciosissima. Hook. Most beautiful plant in bloom: straggling shrub, with long pendent branches: lvs. distichous, 2 in. or more long, ovate or oblong-ovate, obtuse, entire: fls. many, drooping in axillary fascicles; corolla 1 ¼ in. long, bright scarlet, yellow above, contracted below the small limb. Colombia. B.M. 5453.
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