The drawing was taken in Mr. Colvill's hothouse, in the 

 King*s Road; where the plant exceeded 14 or 15 feet in 

 length, and divided iiito numerous branches, twined toge- 

 ther by their growth in the way of a rope, on which a 

 multitude of short lateral flowerbearing branchlets ap- 

 peared in succession for two months together or more. 

 The stem and lower part of the principal branches were 

 destitute of leaves. 



The character of ^' many-flowered racemes ** has been in- 

 truded by Willdenow upon the original specific definition of 

 the species, and is incorrect ; the branchlets being in fact ge- 

 neraUy. 3-flowered, sometimes 5-flowered. A Guiana sample, 

 the prototype of Aublet*s species, has been deposited in Mr. 

 Brown's Herbarium, where there is also another from Tri- 

 nidad, having somewhat narrower leaves* 



Hie foliage has been usually described as smooth, and 

 is so on the under side, but on the upper we could percdve 

 a minute nap scarcehr observable by the naked eye, and 

 probably dedduous. The hairs that crown the mouth of 

 the tube of the corolla, as well as those that beard the 

 lower part of the Interior, are numerously jointed. The 

 stem and branches are of a flexible tough wood covered 

 with a smooth extremely pale bark. The shrub forms al- 

 together an ornamental climber for the trellis and columns 

 of a hothouse. 



