tion, the cells of the fruit separate into distinet folliculi, 
and do not combine into a solid woody capsule; and the 
seeds are destitute of wings. 
* The fruit suggests so obviously some affinity with 
Pterospermum, that it is next necessary to institute a 
comparison with that genus. Stellate pubescence, a calyx 
divided into five portions, five hypogynous unguiculate 
petals, and fifteen fertile stamens united into a cup, seated 
on a stipitiform torus, and surrounding the ovarium, a 
5-celled ovarium, a woody 5-celled capsule, with a loculi- 
cidal dehiscence, no axis, and winged seeds; all these cha- 
racters are common to Pterospermum and our plant: but, 
on the other hand, the points in which they differ are of 
much importance. The estivation of Pterospermum is 
valvate recurved, not imbricate ; its calyx is 5-parted, not 
4-5-toothed; its anthers have parallel, not divaricating 
cells, and are seated upon long distinct filaments, not 
sessile, upon the outside of a capituliform cup ; and, finally, 
the petioles of the leaves are not connected with the lamina 
by a thickened space. The seeds are also winged at the 
apex, not at the base; but upon this point it is not my 
wish to insist. 
** [f the comparison thus instituted with Pterospermum 
and Sterculia be attentively considered, we cannot fail to 
remark, that the subject of these observations is néarly 
equally related to both; to Pterospermum in its petals 
and fruit, to Sterculia in its calyx and stamens. It must, 
therefore, be stationed between those two genera; thus 
confirming the propriety of M. Kunth's combination of 
the Sterculiacee of Ventenat with the Byttneriacee of 
Mr. Brown; and, in fact, breaking down every barrier 
between them.”— Lindley, l. c. 
Such was the account of this plant which we commu- 
nicated to Mr. Brande's Journal in September 1827. At 
that time we only knew it from dried specimens. The 
accompanying figure was made from a plant that blossomed 
in the Garden of the Horticultural Society in January 
1829: it had been brought from China by Mr. John 
Damper Parks, and is in all respects the same as the 
Chinese specimens. It is a handsome greenhouse, ever- 
green shrub. J. L 
