QUISQUALIS sinensis. 
Chinese Quisqualis. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. COMBRETACEE. 
QUISQUALIS. Bot. Reg. 6. t. 492. 
Q. sinensis; foliis oblongis brevi-petiolatis ramulisque glabriusculis, bracteis 
deciduis. 
Q. indica, Lour. fl. cochinch. 1. 336. ? 
This plant was exhibited before the Horticultural Society 
in July, 1841, by Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co. of Exeter; 
who stated that it is a more compact grower than the old 
Q. indica, and therefore more desirable for cultivation in pots. 
It manifestly differs in its smoother leaves and branches, and 
in the larger size of its flowers, which are moreover of a 
much deeper rose colour. 
Li 
Upon comparing it with wild specimens of the genus, it 
appears to be identical with the plant that is found about 
Canton, and which is probably the Q. indica of Loureiro. 
We presume it to be of the same nature as the true 
Quisqualis indica. That plant is a stove climber, requiring 
to be potted in sandy loam and peat, mixed with a few pieces 
of potsherds. In summer an ample supply of water should 
be given to its roots, and it should be syringed over head once 
or twice a day as the weather permits, taking care always to 
have the plant dry before night; and the house, when air is 
given, shut up early in the afternoon, to retain as much sun 
heat as. possible. During the growing season the temperature 
should average 80° by day, and 68° by night; but in winter 
it should never rise above 60° with fire heat. The plant 
may be propagated by cuttings under ordinary treatment. 
