In the more minute points of fructification, this new 
addition confirms Mr. Ker’s characters of the genus in all 
essential particulars; that is to say, in the position, 
number, and form of the ovula, and in the separation of the 
sixth or uppermost stamen from the rest, and in its appli¬ 
cation to the face of the sixth or superior segment of the 
flower. 
Our specimen was produced by a plant in the possession 
of Richard Harrison, Esq. of Aigburgh, to whom it was 
sent from Rio Janeiro, by William Harrison, Esq., of that 
place. Flowers in April, and requires the heat of a stove 
to be cultivated in perfection. 
Leaves similar in texture to those of the other Griffinias, 
but intermediate, as it were, in outline, their figure being 
oval, tapering into a somewhat winged, channelled foot¬ 
stalk. Scape compressed, bluntly two-edged, about /foot 
high. Spat ha erect, persistent, longer than the pedicels, 
not withering at the period of flowering. Flowers pale blue, 
whole-coloured, disposed in a contracted many-flowered 
umbel, nodding after flowering. Segments nearly equal, 
oblong, obtuse, with a regular expansion, the outer ones a 
little narrower, and bearing the customary appendage at 
the tip. Stamens shorter than segments, 5 declinate and 
unequal, the sixth assurgent. Ovules two in each cell, 
erect and collateral. 
J. L. 
