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^GIPHILA elata. 
Tall uEgiphila, 
TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord.yf^mvACEjE. 
JEGIPHMLA L. — Cot/, campanulatas 4-dentatu8. Cor. 4-fida. Stylus 
bifidus filifonnis. Bacca biloculai'b; loculis ^-spermis. Spreng. syst. veg, 
1.368. 
JE. elata; foliis elliptico-acuminatis membranaceis, paniculis tejrminaUbus, 
calycibus pubescentibus. Swartz prodr. 31. fl. ind. occ. 1.254. 
Knoxia scand^s.,^ Browne jam. 140. t. 3./, 3. 
M. elata. ,Willd. sp. pi. 1.616. Romer and Sckultes, 3.102, Spreng. syst. 
veg. 1.'422. 
ScanUens. Rami tetetes, leviter pitbescentes. Folia elliptica, utringue 
acuminata, prcesertim ad apicem, membranacea, glabra. Paqiculee termi- 
nales, corymbosce, compact ce, puhescentes. Calyx /erk integer y pub9SceHS. 
Corolla calycc tnxlfo lo»c)ior, Jlava, glabra : laciniis OVafis^pbtMSis. Stamina 
ezserta. Stylus staminibus brevior, bijidus. 
Brought to tlie Comte de Vandes from St. Vincent's, 
in 1823, by Mr. James M'Crae. It was originally found 
. climbing among thickets in Jamaica, by Dr. Patrick 
Browne, who called it Knoxia, and has given a good 
uncoloured figure of it in his History of Jamaica. 
Our drawing was made in August 1824. The plant 
requires the heat of a stove, and may be increased without 
dilfictilty by cuttings. 
J. L. 
