The drawing was made from a sample which flowered 

 late in the summer at Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne*s, 

 Fulham ; where it had been raised from seed, sent from Cal- 

 cutta by Mrs. Clarke. According to Van Rheede it grows 

 to be a pretty large shrub. Kcenig speaks of its being very 

 generally cultivated in the gardens of the temples of India. 

 Dr. Roxburgh says it is common in all parts of that coun- 

 try. 



Linnaeus has not adduced Van Rheede*s figure to his 

 hirtus ; and it being possible that his plant may be specifr- 

 cally distinct from the present, we have deemed it siafer to 

 abide by Koenig's specific name; his plant being clearly the 

 species and variety of Van Rheede and Roxburgh, as well as 

 of the present article. 



We do not know that the species has been before intro- 

 duced into this country. 



Cultivated in the hothouse. The colour of the flower is 



extromely brilliant. 



