nine in the morning, and close at two in the afternoon. The 

 same author tells us, that if the leaves are bruised they stain 

 the skin a red colour, which can only be removed by scrubbing 

 with sand and water. He adds, that the leaves are boiled 

 and eaten as kitchen-garden stuff ; and that they are applied 

 to ulcers and tumours in the manner of poultices. 



It is a perennial, of great beauty, flowering most profusely 

 in the stove. The specimens from which the accompanying 

 drawing was made, and for which we are indebted to Mrs. 

 Lawrence, were the most lovely one can imagine, in the 

 month of December, when it is most difficult to procure such 

 things, forming festoons of snow-white yellow -eyed flowers 

 resting upon a deep green shining foliage. 



Fig. 1 . represents a stamen, whose filament is covered over 

 the base with yellow glands ; 2. is the style and stigmas > 

 3. the ovary cut across. 



