foot high, leafy. Leaves evergreen, alternate, patent, elliptical- — 
oblong, subacute, entire, of a compact and brittle texture, plane, 
obscurely penninerved, glaucous beneath. Petioles very short, — 
and, as well as the costa beneath, woolly. Racemes terminal on — 
the branches, short, many-flowered, compact. Pedicels with — 
small, deciduous éracts, and about equal in length to the flower, _ 
woolly.  Calye woolly, hemispherical, seven-lobed. Petals — 
seven, spreading, oblong-lanceolate or subspathulate, pale rose 
colour, with darker streaks. Stamens seven, erect, approximate, _ 
as long as the petals. Filaments subulate, dilated and downy _ 
at the base. Anther “obovato-oblong, two-celled, opening by a _ 
terminal pore in each cell. Ovary free, subrotund, seven-lobed, 
seven-celled. Style as long as the stamens. Stigma seven- 
lobed. W. J. H. 
Cuxr. As very few examples of this beautiful plant are in this” 
country, we know too little of its nature to speak with any 
degree of certainty as to the best method of cultivation. We 
learn from Mr. Pince that with him it has thriven and flowered : 
well, placed close to the glass in a cool airy green-house, along 
with Chinese Azaleas, potted in a mixture of sandy peat, soil, 
and a small portion of half-decayed leaf-mould. It is increased 
by cuttings, and, as Mr. Pince’s plant is expected to ripen seeds 
we may expect ere long to see it in general cultivation. On 
account of its exceedingly neat habit and flowering in a dwarf 
state, it cannot fail to become a favourite with cultivators 
Being a native of the elevated regions of tropical America, in a 
climate where the cold is (to our feelings) severe, it is expected 
that it will prove tolerably hardy in our climate, and Mr. Pince — 
intends planting it in the open ground. It may possibly en- 
dure the mild winters of Devonshire, but we have our doubts — 
on that point ; for although it may sustain in its native elevated — 
region a certain number of degrees of cold below the freezing © 
point, yet we must bear in mind that, on account of elevation, — 
the air is lighter and water freezes at a higher temperature — 
than it does at our level above the sea. Any specific number — 
of degrees of frost at a high elevation are not, therefore, equi- — 
valent in intensity to the same number of degrees with us. — 
This circumstance, and our humid atmosphere in winter, are 
much against our success in the cultivation of plants from ele- 
vated regions. J. 8. 
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Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Pistil :—magnijied. 
