melanophlceum, for which species it has been generally 

 taken in our gardens, it differs, in that this last has obtuse 

 leaves, square peduncles, which, with the calyx and corolla, 

 are of a flesh colour, and a divided stigma ; in which respect 

 Jacquin remarks, that S. melanophlcewn recedes from the 

 character of the genus. 



Willpenow, in his Enumeration of the Plants in the 

 Royal Botanical Garden at Berlin, has separated from the 

 genus Sideroxylon those species which want the nectarium, 

 under the name of Scleroxylum ; but that which he calls 

 mite can hardly be intended for our plant, as he ascribes to it 

 solitary and lateral flowers. 



A handsome evergreen greenhouse shrub. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, Propagated by cuttings. Flowers in 

 June and July. Communicated by Messrs. Loddiges and 

 Sons. 



