leaflets \anceolate, more or less acuminate, entire, pellucido- 
punctate, paler and often slightly pubescent beneath. Panicles 
axillary, copious, generally about as long as the leaves, tricho- 
tomous, many-flowered. Pedicels and calyx stellato-pubescent. 
Sepals four, ovate. Stamens four. Filaments broad, crested at 
the top, with a large fleshy gland at its base within. Ovaries 
4, combined. Style short, single. Stigma four-lobed. Petals 
twice as long as the calyx, punctate, puberulous. W. J. #. 
Curr. An early and neat-flowering greenhouse plant, growing 
freely in a mixture of light loam and peat in a well drained pot. 
In summer, care must be taken that it at no time suffers for 
want of water, which should be given early in the morning, or 
in the evening, and it is desirable to have it placed so that the 
direct rays of the sun do not strike the sides of the pot, for the 
roots, being fibrous, will suffer if long in contact with the heated 
material of the pot. The habit of this species is to grow up 
long and slender, and the branches being opposite, it is not 
much inclined to form a bushy plant, but which in a degree 
may be obtained by stopping the leading shoot. It is readily 
increased by cuttings in the usual way, or by seeds, which ripen 
with us. J. 8. ‘ 
Fig. 1: Pistil. 2. Stamen and gland. 3. Flower with the petals removed. 
4. Flower. 5. Petal :—magnified. , 
