a general involucre of several pieces, as in Dipsaceæ; but 
differ on the other hand from those of that order by hav- 
ing a simple calyx and inferior corolla. From Primula- 
cec the order recedes further, by the fruit being a solitary 
seed enveloped in the calyx and by stamens that are alter- 
nate with the segments of the corolla; whilst the presence 
of a real corolla removes it by a yet wider separation from 
Plumbagineæ, Nyctaginee, and Proteaceæ. 
The description of the present species is from the mas- 
terly pen of the late Dr. Solander, and has been copied 
from the manuscript in Mr. Brown's library. 
It was upon GLOBULARIA Alypum that the older bota- 
nists had bestowed the name of “ Frutex terribilis," and 
our gardeners that of * Herb terrible," influenced by tbe 
exaggerated repute of its drastic quality. The name has 
devolved upon the present species merely as a congener. 
Sir Hans Sloane, who found the shrub in Madeira, de- 
scribes the wood as white and hard, with a large pith ; he 
however, as Dr. Solander remarks, mistook the fruit of the 
distinct flowers within the general involucre for a single 
fruit of a same flower. 
The shrub is said seldom to exceed three feet in height, 
and was found by Masson of that size growing wild among 
the rocks. 
un de into our greenhouses by Sir Joseph Banks in 
5. 
Drawn at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, in the King's 
Road, Chelsea. 
