Stem scarcely any. Branches numerous, long, strag- 
“ gling, except when kept cut, they are then more erect. 
* Bark of the young parts generally dark purple, and very 
“ smooth; in some varieties green. Leaves opposite, short 
“ petioled, lanceolar, obtuse, frequently a little scolloped, 
* smooth, from three to six inches long, and from half an 
* inch to an inch broad, nerve and veins dark purple. 
* Spikes terminal, erect, whorled. Anthers double, the 
* lower ones with a spurlike projection pointing downwards 
“ and outwards." 
* Willdenow has spoiled the specific name. Linnæus 
“ wrote it Gandarussa, which is nearer to the true one, viz. 
€ Gundharusa.” Roxb. loc. cit. 
Introduced by Sir Joseph Banks in 1800, from the East 
Indies. 
The drawing was taken at the Nursery of Messrs. Colvill, 
in the King's Road; where the plant is cultivated in the 
hothouse and flowers early in the spring. 
It has never yet been figured in any popular publication, 
and is we believe a scarce plant. 
The description is by the late learned and excellent Mr. 
Dryander. 
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