Ill the Encyclopedie the stems are said to be very long, 
and much turning. Leaves acuminate, large, thin, bright 
green, on long channelled footstalks. Peduncles solitary, 
thicker than petioles, rounded, angular at the divisions. 
Calyx small, of 5 leaves, the 3 outer longer acute, the 2 
inner obtuse. Corolla snow-white, with a long, slender, 
green tube, and a very large limb, 5 inches in diameter, 
with a green eye. Capsule membranous, turbinate, about 
the size of a nut, 3-4 seeded. Flowers opening in the 
morning, fading at noon. 
Note — At fol. 872, we stated it to be our opinion that the genus Brexia, 
of which a new species was there published, would be found referable to 
Myrsinece ; in which we were influenced by a belief that the stamens were 
opposite the petals, and the ovarium unilocular. The specimens which we 
had examined were in a very imperfect state, and appear to have misled us ; 
for Mr. Brown, who has had better opportunities of studying the gtenus, has 
kindly pointed out to us that the stamens are in fact alternate with the petals, 
and the ovarium not unilocular, in consequence of which the genus cannot 
be referred to Myrsineee, but has yet to find its station. 
