slightly fringed at the mouth, where the stamens are inserted ; 
the dimb large, spreading, five-lobed; odes oval or obovato- 
obtuse, pale on the underside. Stamens five, erect, much 
protruded. Filaments short, white; anthers erect, oblong, 
orange-coloured, two-celled, two-lobed at the base, tapering above 
and opening at the point by two pores. Ovary oval, glabrous. 
_ Style long, decurved, the apex curved upwards. Stigma trans- 
versely furrowed. W. J. H. 
Cutt. This pretty Indian annual, like its British representa- 
tives (Chlora perfoliata, and Chironia Centarium, &c.,) is not very 
subservient to garden cultivation. The seeds should be sown 
early in the spring in pots filled with sandy peat soil, and as they 
are very small, they require no covering of earth, but merely that 
the mould should be geritly pressed down. The pot should be 
placed near the glass in a damp corner of the stove, or a pan of 
water should be set under them, as it is very necessary that the 
mould in the pot should be kept in a moist state without having 
occasion to sprinkle water over the surface, for if that is 
done the small germinating seeds are disturbed. When the 
young plants are sufficiently strong, they should be pricked out 
singly into the smallest sized pots; as they advance in growth, 
they require to be shifted into five-inch pots, or four or five 
plants may be put into a wide shallow pot or pan, which will 
give the plants a fuller appearance. Loose turfy soil should be 
used, the pot being well drained, so that water may be freely given 
without the risk of the mould becoming stagnant; for as the 
stem is soft and herbaceous, the plant is apt to drop off suddenly, 
if kept too long wet about the root. This species of Exacum 
is allied to Hxacum tetragonum figured at Tas. 4340; and, as 
we have observed the latter to flower readily, when allowed 
to grow as a weed on the damp mossy surfaces of pots in the 
Orchidaceous house, the same method may be adopted with the 
present species, by sowing the seeds on suitable surfaces near 
the glass, Unless seeds are obtained, it is very apt to be lost. 
In its natural habitat it appears to be truly annual, but in culti- 
vation this species, as also Z. tetragonum, may sometimes, after 
flowering, throw out short side branches close to the ground, 
which with care may be preserved through the winter. ./. 8. 
Fig. 1. Base of the corolla laid open, showing the fringe and the stamens. 
2. Pistil :—magnified. 
