which it is contracted and:impressed with five furrows: 
beyond this it is five-sided, and of a nearly uniform diameter, 
till near the. faux, where it is slightly inflated, and again 
contracted immediately below the limb ; limb small, cup- 
shaped ; segments short, acute, erect. Stamens unequal ; 
filaments slender, incurved from the sides of the corolla at 
their apices, also approaching each other above their inser- 
tion into the corolla‘at the extremity of the calyx, below 
this adhering to the tube, in the substance of which they are 
lost downwards: Anthers short, oblong, brown before burst- 
ing, on the longer filament subexserted. Pollen light 
yellow. Pistil: Germen ovate, imbedded in a fleshy disk 
or ring, two-celled, having attached to the middle of the 
dissepiment on each side large fleshy receptacle, to which 
the numerous ovules are attached : Style filiform, somewhat 
compressed : Stigma dark green, sub , bifid, seg- 
ments short, spreading. = 3 Ses 
‘The whole plant, to the base of the pedicels, is of a beau- 
tiful glaucous hue: at this aay at the base of the petioles, 
and on the young leaves by the sides of the midrib, near 
the a the colour is dark purple. The bloom is easily 
rubbed from every part (except the leaves, where it is 
more fixed) leaving the cuticle of a lively green, as on the 
pedicels and calyx, where the bloom is wanting. Whole 
plant odorous. In the arrangement of the species, this 
should follow N. cerinthoides. — | 
The plant was raised from seeds, communicated to the 
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, by Mr. Smrra, of Monk- 
wood, Ayr, whose son had sent them from Buenos Ayres. 
It was kept in the stove, but on coming into flower in the 
middle of Nani. was removed to the greenhouse. Graham. 
aaa 
Fig. 1. Corolla seen within, 2. Anther. 3, Pistil—Magnified. 
