concave, rounded, obtuse, imbricating at the margin, and 
forming, collectively, a somewhat globe-shaped corolla, 
with a comparatively small opening at the top: each petal 
too, is marked with elevated nerves. Column of stamens as 
long as the corolla, slender, spreading at the extremity 
into many filaments, each terminated by a one-celled orange- 
coloured anther, whose lips or divisions are bent backward 
after the discharge ofthe pollen. Pistil: Germen roundish, 
of ten compact divisions, pubescent, apparently muticous. 
Style as long as the column of stamens, separating at 
the extremity into ten divisions, each bearing a globular 
yellow stigma. 
This singular and very distinct species of Sina, I can no 
where find described by authors, and have hence named it 
from the plohoe appearance of the corolla. The seeds 
were sent by Mr. Boser and Mr. Trarr, to the Glasgow 
Botanic Garden, where the plant flowered in November, 
1827. A native, we presume, of the Mauritius. No seeds 
have yet been produced with us. 
Fig, 1. Filament with its advanced Anther. . 2. Pistil, 
