vered 



throughout with a 



leaves are distinct and petiole 



• 



but 



pub 



in 



way 



of the true perfi 



fact connate, encircling the b 



usual in 



ence. All 



petioles of 



leaf 



the 



uppe 



the 



foliage of this genus 



The species is remarkable, as partaking of the charac 

 of both the divisions under which the rest of the g 



in 



pper 



been cornmonly arranged. It has the long fl 



g stem 



f 



Pericly 



with the 



flowered axillary 



of the ChamcBcer 



tary two- 

 thus un- 



der 



o 



J 



as distinguished from L 



genera, 



X\ 



and 



priety of preserving the latter so far 



and C 



a firm in 



the p 



o 



F 



of the plant frequently occur in Chinese hangings and 



told 



great 



drawings, it being, as we 



China for its beauty and fragrance. 



Introduced in 1806* by the Court of Directors of the E 

 India Company, in their ship the Hope, Capt. Pende 

 Sent by Mr. William Kerr. 



The drawing was made 



o 



tory 



ed fo 



f Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, II 



pi 



from a plant 



the nursery 



• 



Multiplied principally by layers, which take root very 



freely. 



a The flower dissected, to show the position of the stamens, b The 



pistil. 



