Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 1049 - Cardiospermum halicacabum (Smooth Heart-Seed) | Original Hand-Colored Print

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 1049, Cardiospermum halicacabum (Smooth Heart-Seed).

• Plate: 1049
• Latin name: Cardiospermum halicacabum
• Common name: Smooth Heart-Seed
• Linnaean class / order: Octandria / Trigynia
• Medium: Original hand-colored engraving (physical print, not a reproduction)

Original Curtis text
Transcribed from the plate's accompanying description page:

[ 1049 ]

CARDIOSPERMUM HALICACABUM. SMOOTH HEART-SEED.

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Class and Order.
OCTANDRIA TRIGYNIA.

Generic Character.
Cal. 4-phyllus. Pet. 4. Nect. 4-phyllum, inæquale. Caps. 3, connatæ, inflatæ. Sem. globofa, cordata macula ad hylum notata.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
CARDIOSPERMUM Halicacabum; caule, petiolis, foliolisque inciso-dentatis glabris. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 2. p. 467. CARDIOSPERMUM Halicacabum; foliis lævibus. Sp. Pl. 525. Hort. Cliff. 150. Hort. Ups. 97. Fl. Zicyl. 142. Reichard Sp. Pl. 2. p. 220. Mart. Mill. Dict. a. 1. Knipb. Cent. 2. n. 11. Gert. Fruct. p. 1. 381. t. 79. Hort. Kew. 2. p. 35. Loureiro Cochin. 239 ? CARDIOSPERMUM foliis ternato-ternatis acuminatis ferratis. Browne Fam. 213. PISUM vesicarium, fructu nigro, alba macula notato. Baub. Pin. 343. Sloane Hist. 1. p. 238. PISUM cordatum. Bell. Hort. Eyst. Ord. Æst. 12. t. 11. f. 1. Park. Theat. 1378. Raii Hist. 487. VESICARIA nigra five peregrina. Trag. Stirp. 897. VESICARIA five Halicacabum repens. Matib. Comp. 728. Camer. Herb. 456. VESICARIA. Riv. Tetrap. 1. 119. CORINDUM five Halicacabum peregrinum multis. Baub. Hist. 2. p. 173. Morif. Hist. f. 1. t. 4. f. ult. p. 19. Gerard 271. Ger. Emar. 342. HALICACAbum peregrinum. Fuchs Hist. Stirp. 691. Dod. Pempt. 455. Rumpf. Amb. 6. p. 60. t. 24. f. 2. ULINJA.

This is an original plate from leftover publisher stock of Curtis's Botanical Magazine. It was never bound into a volume. This holding reached us through the British natural-history dealer Wheldon & Wesley. Sold as an original historic plate — please review photos for condition.