is; for we find the placente distinctly separate from the 
carpellary leaves, and to all appearance constituting a forma- 
tion with a central origin. It can hardly indeed be doubted 
that the central placentation is of very common occurrence ; 
indeed I suspect we shall find upon more exact enquiry that 
the placentary matter is not always confined to the interior 
of the ovary, but that it occasionally finds its way to the 
outside, in which case it becomes the stigmatic tissue, and is 
surrounded by the apex of the style either in the form of a sort 
of toothing as in Impatiens, or like a rim as in Ericaceze, 
or as what botanists call the stigmatic indusium in Goode- 
niacez, Sc. 
Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co. of Exeter supplied me 
with a flowering specimen of this plant in May of the present 
year; and I have also had it from Messrs. Rollissons of 
Tooting. 
It is multiplied by cuttings or seed in the same manner 
as Cape heaths; and must be cultivated in the greenhouse 
or pit, sufficiently protected from frost in winter. The situa- 
tion in which it is placed should be near the glass, and 
where it can have plenty of air. In the summer months it 
should be turned out of doors, but not exposed to too bright 
sunshine. In other respects it may be treated as common 
greenhouse plants. The soil which suits it best is peat and 
sand. 
_Fig. 1. represents a magnified view of the entire flower ; 
2. is a stamen; 3. is an ovary, with its double two-lobed 
crimson disk ; 4. represents the same part cut through trans- 
versely, and shews that one of the cells of the ovary is much 
smaller than the other. 
