Profeffor Willdekow has followed Vahl's divifion of 

 this large genus, according to which this fpecies comes in the 

 fixth feclion, containing fuch as have a fimple calyx, a ringent 

 corolla, and one anther ; but it ought to have been noticed, 

 that under the monanther<e y Vahl included all fuch as have 

 their anthers parallel initead of being placed one above the 

 other. It is in this way only that this plant, which has two 

 diftin& anthers, belongs to the above feftion. 



It is a native of the Ifland of Ceylon in the Eaft-Indies, and 

 mull be considered as rather a tender greenhoufe plant ; may 

 be propagated by cuttings. 



