Fischeria
(named after Dr. Fischer, of St. Petersburgh). ORD. Asclepiadeae. A genus comprising about twelve species of stove twining shrubs or sub-shrubs, natives of tropical and sub-tropical America. Flowers white or dull red; cymes umbelliform or shortly racemose. Leaves opposite. In all probability, the two species described below are the only ones yet in cultivation. They thrive in a peat and loam compost. Propagated by cuttings, inserted in light open soil, in heat. This genus is often confused with Gonolobus.
F. hispida (hairy). fl. brown, umbellate; corolla coriaceous, tubercled inside at base. July. l. cordate-ovate, acute. Stem, petioles, and nerves of leaves hispid. h. 4ft. Brazil, 1837. (B. M. 3786, under name of Gonolobus hispidus.) F. Martianus (Martius's). fl. white, green; umbels many flowered, on long peduncles; lobes of corona fleshy and rounded May and June. l. oblong cordate. h. 30ft. Brazil, 1845. (B. M. 4472, under name of Gonolobus Martianus.)