fegmcnt. The filament, inferted in the faux of the tube, is 

 linear and very deeply grooved, enclofing the ftyle, of which 

 the anther entirely fur rounds the upper part. The ftigma 

 projects a little beyond. The flem is about three feet high, 

 leaves alternate and diftich. 



This plant, probably of Chinefe origin, is very much culti- 

 vated in the Malaccas for its fragrant flowers, and is fre- 

 quently worn in the hair by the Indian belles, and, in the 

 fymbolical language fo much ufed by the Malays, when fent 

 as a prefent to a young man, is meant to reproach him with 

 inconitancy in love. 



Flowers in September, requires the heat of a ftove, and is 

 cafily propagated by cuttings of its roots, in which way only 

 it can be increafed, even in the Eaft-Indies, as it never pro- 

 duces feed there. 



Our drawing was taken at Mr. Woodford's, Vauxhall, in 

 September 1802. It flowered alfo at the fame time at the 

 Right Hon. Mr. Grevilee's, at Paddington,, 



