the fuller description which follows the brief diagnosis given 
by Poiret appears to have been transcribed by that author 
from the original description of Pavonia sempervirens drawn 
up by Ruiz. With the object of preventing the recurrence 
of past’ misapprehensions, we have thought it desirable to 
provide here a somewhat full description of L. serrata. 
In the garden at Kilmacurragh, Wicklow, the Huanhuan 
has attained, during its sojourn there of over forty years, a 
height of 33 ft., and has proved quite hardy ; it is therefore 
likely to thrive in the milder parts of the British islands, 
and should prove an attractive addition to favourably 
situated outdoor collections, on account of its pleasing 
‘aspect and its aromatic properties. Mr. Moore informs us 
“that the climate at Kilmacurragh is very moist and_ there 
are spring frosts, but as vegetation is late in starting, plants 
generally escape injury. The Huanhuan is of a somewhat 
stiff habit of growth and the leaves are thick and firm, so 
that shelter is an essential condition for its successful 
cultivation; the Kilmacurragh example has thriven ad- 
mirably on a raised bank in good, stiff loam, well sheltered, 
but not overhung by treesand shrubs. It is very difficult 
to get cuttings of L. serrata to root, and the only available 
method of propagation is by layers, 
Descriprion.— 7ree, polygamo-monoecious or perhaps 
sometimes dioecious, in the wild state reaching a height of 
70 ft.; wood foetid; branches at first 4-angled; young 
shoots tawny, hairy but soon becoming glabrous save for 
the somewhat persistent hairs along the lateral commissures ; 
old bark ashy-grey. Leaves opposite, widely oblong-lanceo- - 
late or lanceolate, obtuse or nearly so, serrate except at the 
cuneate base, the teeth glandular thickened at the tips, 2-5 
in. long, 3-13 in. wide, firmly leathery, dotted with pellucid 
glands and aromatic, lateral veins oblique, slender, some- 
times hardly apparent, about 9 on each side, midrib rather 
conspicuous above; petiole 2-4 lin. long, rather densely 
hairy above and blackish. njlorescences axillary, 5-8 lin. 
long, simply or paniculately cymose, 3-9-flowered, tawny 
or grey silky ; bracts very caducous, the lower ovate nearly 
2 lin. long; pedicels 1-2 lin. long; flowers sometimes 
all male, sometimes only the terminal male, the rest 
hermaphrodite or some of them female, perhaps at times all 
