The present species is not recorded in either .edition of 

 the Hortus Kewensis, and we believe has been very recently 

 introduced. Native of Madagascar: much cultivated in the 

 Isle of France on account of the beauty of its flowers. The 

 drawiDg was taken from a very perfect sample furnished by 

 Messrs. Colville, who are in possession of a stock of the 

 species, which they cultivate with success in the hothouse of 

 their nursery in the King's Road, Chelsea. 



Since it was in vain to attempt the representation of the 

 entire panicle of flowers of the natural size, even in a double 

 f>late, we have delineated a portion of it as large as in na- 

 ture, subjoining the outline of the whole specimen in minia- 

 ture. Being a very ornamental climber, a free flowerer, 

 and of easy culture, we have no doubt it will before long be- 

 come general in the stoves of our collections. 



A smooth climbing shrub: branches round brachiate. 

 Leaves opposite, petioled, thickish or slightly coriaceous, 

 oval, shortly acuminate or abruptly taper-pointed, quite 

 entire, smooth, 3-4 inches long, two across or more, 

 those immediately under the spikelets sharp-pointed. Pa- 

 nicles racemous, brachiate, outspread; peduncles 6 inches 

 long or more; flowers scarlet, numerous, loosely scattered, 

 every one with a setaceous bracte at the base of its pedicle. 

 Calyx campanulate. Stamens 10, twice the length of the 

 corolla. Seeds roundish, retuse, polished, of a shining gold 

 colour. 



The description is chiefly from Vahl, as we missed the 

 opportunity of inspecting our specimen while fresh. 



The uncoloured outline in the plate shows the entire nanicle of the in- 

 florescence front which the drawing was taken, in miniature ; the part 

 which it coloured is a branch or racemelet of the same, of the natural 

 lite. 



