parvis subserrato-glandulosi. Petala unguiculata, obovato-cuneata, subspathu- 
lata, limbo patenti, supra basin biauriculata, auriculis brevissimis deorsúm 
versis, multinervia, nervis (in speciminibus siccis obscurioribus) ambitum 
versus ramosis, lactea. . Capsula calyce (minime baccato) persistente vestita, 
stylo ipsa sesquilongiori terminata, bilocularis, dissepimento ex inflexis valvu- 
larum marginibus orto; placentee due, centrales, in quovis loculamento una. 
Semina numerosa, oblonga, utrinque acutiuscula, sulcis minutis longitudinali- 
bus notata.—Linnea, 1. 543. 
According to Messrs. Chamisso and Schlechtendahl 
this is a common plant near Montevideo and Rio Grande 
do Sul, in the south of Brazil, where it was discovered by 
Mr. Sellow. Mr. Don informs us that there are specimens 
from this Botanist in Mr. Lambert's Herbarium. He also 
states, “ that it evidently comes near to Kunth’s E. flori- 
bunda; but, independent of the widely different localities, 
the latter is described as having angular branches, which, 
together with the young leaves, are said to be viscid, and 
the fruit not larger than a grain of pepper. The total 
absence of glands or viscid matter from the young branches 
and leaves, the more corymbose inflorescence, and the 
longer calycine teeth, essentially distinguish it from 
E. glandulosa of the Flora Peruviana, which is otherwise 
closely related to it. 
. “ The plant at Boyton is now upwards of six feet 
high, and promises to be much higher, with the air of 
Arbutus Unedo, but the leaves are of a thinner texture. 
The flowers are produced in large corymbose panicles, at 
the extremities of almost every shoot; they are very fragrant, 
the smell not unlike that of the common Hawthorn. The 
plant appears to be almost hardy, blossoming freely in the 
open air; and having seen specimens of nearly all the genus, 
I consider this as the finest of them; and, from the circum- 
stances above mentioned, a great acquisition to the Gardens. 
“ The circumstance which has given rise to the name 
of bifida, applied to the plant by Link and Otto, evidently 
originates from the premature decay of the extremity of 
the midrib, and appears to be accidental, as it is rarely 
observed in the native samples." 
Our drawing was made from specimens communicated 
by Mr. Lambert in August last. We have also seen it 
flowering abundantly against a south wall in the Garden of 
the Horticultural Society, where it was preserved alive with 
some difficulty by the aid of mats in winter. 
Propagated by cuttings. J. L. 
