Chamisso and Schlechtendahl) separates by the splitting of 
the dissepiment into two cocci, which are loculicidally split, 
and by some other minor points. Nearly the same characters 
distinguish them also from Sipanea, which is quite as nearly 
related as Rondeletia, though very different in habit. “They 
have also been compared with Bouvardia, and in some respects 
resemble the large white-flowered species of that genus, but 
independently of all minor distinctions the Hindsias have the 
ovules and probably the seeds of the tribe of Rondeletiez, not 
of that of the Cinchonez. 
« The Hindsia violacea differs from the better known 
H. longiflora, chiefly by having much larger, broader, and 
more downy leaves, the flowers much larger and more hairy ; 
and by the calyx, of which one, two, or three divisions are 
much larger than the rest, and more or less dilated and leaf- 
. like above the middle. 
** Both species vary in the size of the flowers, and in the 
shade of their colour. In the H. longiflora also, and perhaps 
in H. violacea the stamens are entirely included in the tube 
of the corolla in some specimens, and in others the tips of the 
anthers protrude. In the latter case the style appears to be 
less prominent than in the former, so that these differences 
may arise probably from a certain degree of sexuality." 
For the foregoing matter we are indebted to the kindness 
of Mr. Bentham, who agrees with us in regarding the Ronde- 
letia longiflora wrongly referred to the genus in which it has 
been placed. 
This Hindsia violacea is one of the. finest things obtained 
from South Brazil. It has been imported by Messrs. Veitch 
and Son of Exeter, who received for it the large silver medal 
at the Horticultural Society’s Garden Exhibition in May 
last. It will doubtless prove a very easily cultivated green- 
house plant; and is certainly unsurpassed in beauty by blue 
flowering shrubs. : 
