Citrus, and yielding a milky juice. Mr. Bentham observes that 
it will, along with his 7. crassa (Niger Fl.), 7. Africana, Hook., 
and 7 ventricosa, Hochst., constitute a natural group of the 
genus, nearly allied to Voacanga, P. Th. 
Descr. An erect branching shrv/: the young dranches green, 
terete. Leaves elliptical, large, with a short acumen, and a 
short but dilated petiole; the nerves diverging almost horizon- 
tally from the midrib. Peduncles erect, stout, each bearing 
about three large white flowers. Calyzx-lobes broadly oval, 
obtuse: at their base is a circle of minute glandular scales. 
Corolla with the tube twisted, four inches in length, swollen 
below the middle: /imé of five waved or reflexed ligulate lobes. 
Stamens and style as in the genus and included. WV. J. H. 
Cut. A tropical shrub, requiring a warm stove. It will 
thrive in a mixture of loam and peat soil, if placed so as to 
have the benefit of bottom heat, and watered and syringed freely 
during the summer ; but care should be taken that at no time 
(especially during its season of rest) the mould becomes satu- 
rated ; for the soft and slightly succulent roots are apt to 
suffer if kept in too wet a state while the plant indicates a 
cessation of growth; and during that periodit should be re- 
moved to a drier atmosphere. It will strike from cuttings placed 
under a bell-glass, and treated in the usual way for the propa- 
gation of tropical woody plants. J. 8. 
Fig. 1. Pistil. 2. Calyx-lobe with-scales at the base. 3. Stamen. 4. Por- 
tion of the tube of the corolla, laid open to show the stamens, style, and stigma: 
—magnified. 
