Cahsaya (namely, Bolivia and Southern Peru), but in open 
meadows, not in woods, to which no doubt the comparatively 
coriaceous foliage is attributable, and to which it owes its 
native name. Weddell indeed regards it as a subspecies, 
and places under it three varieties, a. glabra, b. pubescens, and 
c. discolor (C. Boliviana, Wedd. in part), to the first of 
which our figure belongs, though the leaves are longer and 
narrower than the description would imply. — 
Owing to its growing out of the forest, the seeds of this 
form appear to be much easier procured than those of the 
true Calisaya, which is unfortunate, as Mr. Howard pro- 
nounces the bark to be of inferior quality, a fact which he 
is disposed to connect with the colour of the flowers, which 
are greenish white below, and brilliant white above. C. 
micrantha vax. virdifiora, affording another case in point. The 
colour of the flowers should, however, according to Dr. 
Weddell, be pink, and Pearce remarks that the flowers were 
pink in his native specimens They are very fragrant; the 
odour is described by Mr. Howard as between cloves and 
Jessamine. The name Josephiana was given in honour of 
Joseph de Jussieu, who described it in his MSS. 
Descr. A bush or a small shrubby tree. Leaves five to 
ten inches long, by one and a half to three broad, elliptic- 
oblong or narrowly oblong or obovate-lanceolate, obtuse or 
subacute, coriaceous, lucid, dark green, quite glabrous on both 
surfaces, except the nerve-axils beneath. Pefiole a half to 
three-quarters of aninchlong. Flowers two-thirds of an inch 
long, in terminal erect panicles. Calyx small, green, pubes- 
cent. Corolla-tube tomentose, not split laterally, dull green 
below, clear white above (in cultivated specimens), as are 
the lobes. Stamens of male flowers with the filaments 
about half the length of the anthers; of the female very 
short indeed. Capsule equalling the flower in length, turgid. 
Seeds with a closely fimbriate wing.—J. D. H. 
Fig. 1, Flower; 2, the same with the corolla laid open :—both magnified. 
