tgiformibus, convexis, ad centrum contiguis, marginibus recurvis, per pares 



dfigentibus (unde ovarium pseudo-A-loculare). Stylus capil- 



bus 



Stigma bifid 



lobis acutisy subulatis, 



laceus, sursitm purpurascens. 



(Bacca calyce brevior, atropurpurea, nitida^ succulenta, 

 „L_ ....... I _ fertili obovato . Semen solitarium. 



••a. Ex Roxb.) 



ledones obovatce, carnoscei Radicula rotundata, inft 



Coty- 



Wall 



This is a very handsome shrub while in flower 



It 



IS a native of S 



where 



was found by the late 



Mr. M. R. Smith, and by him sent to Dr. Roxburgh 

 1811. The Hindustani and Bengali 



Hat hi Khan 



Elephant's Ear, in allusion to the shape and size of ..^ 

 leaver. It produces its elegant white and fragrant flowers 

 m the hot season, during the months of April and May, 

 and ripens its berries in June and July. In the Botanic 

 Garden of Calcutta it thrives luxuriantly.'* 



For the foregoing ample account of this plant we are 

 mdebted to the kindness of Dr. Wallich, by whom seeds 



were sent to Europ 



O 



drawing was made from a 



specimen obligingly communicated by the Honourable 

 And Rev. W. Herbert, in November last. 



In the stove it is a rapid-growing plant, easily known 



by the dark green colour of 



halberd -shaped leaves. 



which have often a deep stain of purple. It 

 freely by cuttings. ' " ^ 



J. L. 



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