opposite, filiform, about half an inch long, jointed above 
the middle, flexile, one-flowered. Flowers small. Calyx 
greenish white, from patent to reflectent; segments ob- 
long, obtuse. Corollanone. Crown double, outer rank of 
rays yellow, longest, entirek ely patent: operculum or lid of the 
nectary violet-coloured. Anthers yellow. Germen smooth. 
Stigmas yellowish. Capsule oval, bout half an inch long, 
smooth, of a black-blue colour, with a sweet pulp: seeds 
somewhat flattened, grey, with raised black wrinkles. We 
had no opportunity of observing the flower after the draw- 
ing was made; and have trusted to the authors who have 
described it, for the above. 
The drawing was made from a plant which flowered in the 
hothouse at Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milnes, at 
Parson’s Green. 
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a An inner ray of the crown. ¿An outer ray of the same. с Тһе 
operculum or lid of the nectary. 4 The dissepiment or partition of the 
mectary. с A segment of the calyx. 
