Frutex caule, in caldario, simplici, 2-pedali, pollicem crasso fusco. Folia 
pedalia v. bipedalia, atroviridia, glaberrima, pellucido-punctata (punctis in 
folio mortuo nunc opacis nigerrimis) Spice l v.14 unciales, densissime 
multiflore, petiolis vix dupld longiores. Bractew subulate, rigide. Calyx 
tubulosus, apice 5-dentatus, dentibus obtusis, inequalibus, apice recurvis. 
Petala 5, linearia, concava, apice patentia, unguibus in tubum cylindraceum 
calyce longiorem connatis. Staminum urceolus cylindricus, antheris 5, li- 
neari-ovatis, bilocularibus, fertilibus, laciniis corolle alternis. Discus cylin- 
draceus, carnosus, 5-dentatus, ovario longior. Ovarium 5-loculare. Stylus 
unicus, urceolo staminum brevior. Stigma capitatum. Fructus quem vidi 
constitit ¢ cocco unico bivalvi monospermo chartaceo (fig. 1) ab endocarpio 
cartilagineo pariter bivalvi (fig. 2) separabili, et coccis 4 minimis abortivis 
ad basin (fig. l, a). Semen solitarium, ascendens (fig. 3), hilo magno 
suberoso endocarpio adherente (fig. 3, a, et fig. 4, a). "Testa cartilaginea, 2 
regione hili dilatata, cava. Embryo curvus, quoad hilum transversus, exal- 
buminosus, radiculà crassá, cylindraceá, inferd, cotyledonibus corrugatis, com- 
plicatis ; plumulá conspicuá. 
This most fragrant plant was sent to the Horticultural 
Society from Rio Janeiro by the late Sir Henry Chamber- 
layne. It grows in the stove, the constant heat of which is 
indispensable to it, to the height of about two feet, and is 
covered nearly to the bottom with its broad, deep green 
leaves: its stem has no disposition to divide into branches, 
so that it has hitherto not been increased. 
When in flower, the whole atmosphere of the hothouse 
is perfumed as if with jasmines, and the period of blossoming 
lasts some time. It thrives in a mixture of peat and loam, 
in a pot plunged in a tanpit. The flowering season is 
May. 
Jede 
