Juanulloa
(named conjointly after G. Juan and Antonio Ulloa, two Spaniards, who travelled in Peru and Chili). SYNS. Laureria, Ulloa. ORD. Solanaceae. A genus comprising six or seven species of erect or epiphytal stove shrubs, natives of Peru, Columbia, and Central America. Flowers sometimes solitary or few, shortly pedicellate; sometimes several, loosely cymose; calyx large, inflated, coloured. Leaves entire, coriaceous. Juanulloas thrive in a rough peaty soil. Cuttings will root in sand, under a bell glass, in bottom heat. J. parasitica is the one best known to cultivation.
J. eximia (extraordinary). fl. green, in pairs, very large, drooping, between funnel and bell-shaped, about 6in. long. l. oval, firm, glossy, entire, shortly acuminate. Shrub. (B. M. 5092.) This plant really belongs to the genus Dyssochroma.
J. parasitica (parasitic).* fl. orange; racemes dichotomous, pendulous. May. l. oblong, acuminated, alternate, thickish. h. 3ft. Peru, 1840. (B. M. 4118.)