mouth a little contracted: the limb obscurely two-lipped, with 
five, subequal, spreading, obtuse segments. Stamen and style 
slightly exserted. Barren filament subulate. Ovary ovate, 
placed on a large hypogynous fleshy disk. Cells with two 
parietal receptacles. Stigma obtuse. W. J. H. 
Curr. This pretty and interesting plant belongs to the same 
group of Gesneriacee as Nematanthus (Tab. 4460) and Allo- 
plectus (Tab. 4452), partaking of the trailing subscandent habit 
of these and other allied tropical genera; but MWitraria, being 
a native of the group of islands of which Chiloe is the chief, it 
may therefore be viewed as a tolerably hardy plant, especially in 
situations near the sea on our south and west coasts, the climate 
of Chiloe being characterized as very cold, with great humidity, 
for a great part of the year, but with little or no frost. We 
learn from Mr. Veitch (who is at present the sole possessor of 
this species) that four plants stood the open air of last winter in 
his Nursery at Exeter; but in situations not so favoured as the 
mild climate of Devonshire, it will be safest to protect it during 
winter, either in the greenhouse or in a cold pit or frame. As 
it is of a neat habit and a free flowerer, and strikes readily from 
cuttings treated in the usual way, we anticipate that it will 
become a favourite plant for the greenhouse. /. 8. 
Fig.1. Stamens. 2. Bractea, calyx, and pistil. 3. Calyx. 4. Ovary and 
hypogynous disk. 5. Transverse section of the ovary :—magnified. 
