Descr. A shrub, with us attaining a height of six feet, 
copiously branched, everywhere glabrous. eaves nearly sessile, 
between elliptical and orbicular, two inches long, thick and 
coriaceous, penninerved, obsoletely punctate beneath, the mar- 
gins slightly recurved. Peduncles fasciculated, axillary, single- 
flowered, half an inch to an inch long, ‘slightly thickened 
upwards. Calye small, bibracteolate: ‘we hemispherico- 
globose: the four teeth of the /ims very short and obtuse. 
Petais;four, orbicular, concave, yellow-white, distinctly punc- 
tated on the back. Stamens exceedingly numerous on a rather 
broad disc, a little longer than the petals. Anthers subglobose. 
Style subulate, rather longer than the stamens. Stigma ob- 
mec... Wd. HH. 
Cutt. A stiff, branched, bushy shrub, seven feet high, and being 
a tropical plant, it requires the heat of the stove. It is a robust 
grower, thrives in any kind of light loam, and requires to be 
well supplied with water during summer. Being of a clean 
habit, and not subject to insects, it is suited for a select col- 
lection of stove-plants. It increases readily by cuttings, which 
should be planted in sand under a bell-glass, and plunged in 
bottom-heat. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx and pistil :—magnijfied. 
