dens ; probably by Messrs. Colvill, of the King's Road, 

 Chelsea, where it was described by Mr. Ker, in 1821. 

 Osbeck gathered it on hills, not far from Canton, flow- 

 ering in September. It is there known by a name which 

 is equivalent to plume of golden roses, from which we may 

 infer that it is much prized by the Chinese, by whom it is 

 sold in the apothecaries' shops, being taken in infusion 

 for the colic, and used in fomentations for sprains and 

 swellings. 



Descr. A shrub, with rather slender, copious, decussate, 

 four-sided, hispid, spreading branches. Leaves opposite, 

 ovato-lanceolate, nearly sessile, entire, three-nerved, cili- 

 ated on the margin, and chiefly on the nerves beneath, 

 which are very prominent. Cymes of three flowers, simple 

 or compound. Flowers very handsome. Calyx-tube ovate, 

 quite naked, limb of five recurved, acute segments, hispid 

 at the apex with simple hairs, and at the sinus is generally 

 a stellated tuft of hair. Corolla of five large, rich, palish- 

 purple, broadly-obovate petals. Stamens ten. Filaments 

 thickened upwards. Anthers oblong, corrugated in front, 

 yellow, terminating in a longish beak, opening by a single 

 pore. Germen subglobose, the lower part united with the 

 base of the tube of the calyx, the rest free : the apex 

 tipped with rigid, erect hairs. Style as long as the sta- 

 mens, curved at the apex. Stigma capitate. 



Fig. 1. Section of a Calyx (with Stamens) and Germen. 2. Stamen: 

 magnified. 



