Olding, Esq., of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's Steamers, 

 in 1862, and from the finest of these plants, nearly three feet high, 

 our figure has been made, in August, 18G3. One of our figures 

 (4) represents an entire flowering-plant, greatly reduced, accom- 

 panied by a branch of the natural size. But judging by a pho- 

 tograph lately sent to us by the kindness of Captain Playfair 

 (late Political Agent at Aden, and now Her Britannic Majesty's 

 Consul at Zanzibar), the shrub attains a very large size, and 

 exhibits a most curious aspect with its thick tortuous branches, 

 and very gouty base of the trunk ; the flowers however are 

 handsome, and not much unlike those of the Oleander, to which 

 family of plants this belongs. A second species {A. Honghel, 

 De Cand.) is found on the Senegambia. Lindley speaks of this 

 (or probably an allied species) as found at Delagoa Bay. It 

 evidently affects a hot dry country. 



"Fig. 1. Tube of the corolla laid open, showing the stamens. 2. Single 

 stamen. 3. Pistil : — all magnified. 4. Flowering plant, very much reduced 

 from the natural size. 



