being an accidental change arising purely from exposure to a 
ter intensity of light. : 
There is a good deal of confusion in the synonymy of this 
cies, which has been happily elucidated by Mr. BELLENDEN 
Ken, in the first number of the Botanical Register. 
Young Botanists are liable to be exceedingly puzzled by 
the far bode so nearly resembling anthers inserted in the 
margin of the corolla (calyx of Jussieu) and alternating with 
its laciniw. These bodies are called nectaria by Bereivs, 
upon Linnean principles, though designated as petals by 
Lixnzvus, who has, in this instance, deviated from his usual 
age, in terming that part a calyx, which, throughout 
the whole natural order, he had elsewhere termed a corolla. 
The real anthers in this genus are concealed within the tube 
of the flower, 
_Ahandsome greenhouse shrub. Native of the Cape of 
Good-Hope. Propagated by cuttings, which strike readily. 
Flowers from May to October. Introduced by Mr. Francis 
Masson in 1783. Communicated by Messrs. Loppices and. 
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