Dyssochroma
(from dysoos, sickly, and chroma, colour; in allusion to the lurid, sickly colour; of the flowers). ORD. Solanaceae. A small genus (two species) of stove, climbing sub-shrubs or small trees, natives of Brazil. Flowers greenish-yellow, large, pendulous; calyx ample, five-cleft; corolla funnel-shaped, swollen or campanulate above, the limb plicate, deeply five-lobed; stamens five; pedicels often solitary, terminating the short, nodose branchlets. Leaves entire, membranous or coriaceous. For culture, see Solandra, on p. 452, Vol. III.
D. eximia (choice). The correct name of the plant described on p. 209, Vol. II., as Juanulloa eximia.
D. viridiflora (green-flowered). The correct name of the plant described on p. 452, Vol. III., as Solandra viridiflora.
