Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1884 — The Antigonan Leptopus. [ARTICLE]

The Antigonan Leptopus.

The Antigonan leptopus is a beautiful climber, native of Nicaragua, and belongs to the natural order Polygonaeee; it is a splendid greenhouse plant, rivaling the Bougainville in the abundance and color of its blossoms. It ia of slender and elegant habit, the leaves are from three to five inches long, deep-lobed at base. The flowers are rose-colored, produced in large terminal or auxiliary clusters, and in such profusion that there is scarcely a leaf to be seen. The chief attraction of the flbwers is afforded by the sepals, which are half an inch long, of a bright rose color. As the flowers are produced in such abundance, the plant, in its season of flowering, presents a brilliant and extremely cheerful appearance. Of this plant Dr. Seeman, its discoverer, says: “I am well acquainted with the contents of our gardens and the vegetation of most parts of the world, but I have no hesitation in giving it as my deliberate opinion that there is no more graceful or beautiful climber than the Antigonan letptopus.” —Floral World.