Its generic name commemorates the author of the VlrU 

 darlum lusitamcum, Gabriel Grislev. Linnaeus had ar- 

 ranged this species under Lythrum ; from whence it has 

 been removed to the present genus by the late Mr. Dryan- 

 der, under whose inspection Dr. Roxburgh's work on the 

 Coromandel plants was edited. It requires to be kept al- 

 ways in the stove. Varies much in the number of its sta- 

 mens, segments of the calyx, and number of petals, from 

 six to twenty, perhaps more. 



Introduced in 1804 by Mr. William Salisbury. 



The drawing was made at the nursery of Messrs. Whit- 

 ley, Brame, and Milne, King's Road, Parson's Green. 



a The calyx dissected, to show the insertion of the petals of the corolla 

 between the segments of the calyx, b A stamen: magnified, c The pistil : 

 gnified. 







