The name of alaternoides, borrowed from Commelin, has 

 tended to miflead, being very inapplicable to this (pedes, 

 which is however fimiiar to the ipecimrn in the Bankfian 

 Herbarium, marked as being the fame with that in the Lin- 

 nean, in poffeflion of Dr. Smith. The male plant, as is 

 obferved in the Hortus ClifFortianus, is thicker clothed with 

 leaves than the female, which correfponds with the figure in the 

 Hortus Berolinenfis compared with ours. 



Boerhaave firft gave the name of Clutia to this plant, 

 in commemoration of Oi/tger Cluyt^Augerius Clutius) 

 formerly Profefibr of Botany at Leyden, which was adopted by 

 LinnjEus. This was properly altered in the Hortus Kewenfis, 

 by Mr. Dryander, to Cluytia, which, being both more 

 conformable to the name intended to be honoured, and at the 

 fame time diftinguifhing it from Clusia, with which it was 

 otherwife continually confounded, has been fince generally 

 adopted. 



A greenhoufe fhrub ; native of the Cape of Good Hope ; 

 cultivated in the Royal Garden, at Hampton-Court, in 1692, 

 as appears from Plukenet. Flowers from January to March. 

 Propagated by cuttings. Communicated from the mod extenfive 

 colle&ion of MeiTrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammerfmith. 



