downy, within quite glabrous, and of a bright reddish © 
orange colour. Stamens four, inserted just within the 
mouth, at the sinus of the segments. Filaments very short. 
Anthers oblong. Pistil: Germen rounded, downy : Style 
filiform, as long as the tube and reaching to the stamens : 
Stigma clavate. 
This is a very desirable inmate of the stove, and may pro- 
bably be found sufficiently hardy to bear the greenhouse. 
The stem and underside of the leaves, clothed with a dense 
white or rust-coloured tomentum, form a singular contrast 
with the dark green of the upper surface of the leaves, and 
with the rich orange colour of the flowers, which yield a 
- powerful honey-like smell. 
It is a native of Madagascar, and appears to have been 
first gathered there by Sonnerat, who gave it the name of 
Vigne de Malgache. Seeds have been sent to this country, 
by Dr. Watticn, from the Botanic Garden at Calcutta ; 
and we had the pleasure of seeing it flower, and the oppor- 
tunity of figuring it at the Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh, 
and Kew, and Glasgow, almost at the same time, namely 
in the autumn of 1827. 
In the expansion of the flowers, the lowermost open first, 
and of the three on each pedicel, the middle one, according 
to Dr. Granam’s observations. 
a 
- Fig. 1. Pedicel with its three Flowers. 2. Calyx with the Pistil. 3. 
nied removed from near the summit of the Tube of the Corolla—Mag- 
ny ° c ‘ 
