divided, so that the flowers form acyme. Bracteas two, 
large, scarlet, roundish, spreading, united and somewhat cup- 
shaped at the base and greenish, the underside of the bracteas 
pale rose-colour. Immediately within the hollow part of 
the bracter is the znvolucre, monophyllous, cup-shaped, 
greenish, with five orange-coloured, fleshy, erect or slightly 
spreading, rounded lobes ; and, alternating with these, a 
small red, inflexed, fleshy lobe or gland. Male flowers 
numerous, many of them abortive and intermixed with 
numerous hairs. Pedicel green. Filament red, forked, 
each fork bearing a one-celled anther of a dark purple 
colour. Female flowers: asolitary pistil in the midst of the 
stamens: scarcely pedicellate: germen three-lobed. Style 
three-partite : stigmas bifid, capitate. Fruit of three one- 
seeded cocci. Seed oblong, blunt at each extremity, gla- 
brous. Bosrr. 
This handsome species of Eurnorsia, well deserving the 
name of splendens, given to it by its discoverer, we trust will 
ere long, through the medium of our Botanical friends m 
the Mauritius, be introduced to the stoves of our country *. 
It was found by Professor Boszr on the borders of fields in 
the province of Emirne, in Madagascar, where it is known 
to the natives, by the name of Soongo Soongo. A drawing 
was taken on the spot by that indefatigable naturalist, and 
Fa eae copy feu kindly made and communicated to mé 
y Mrs. ‘Texrair, from which the a ing yin 
has been made. HD IAS AGEOMPANTINE CABINS | 
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# I have recently seen the plant binaiatain in the gard ; 
é = e en of the Hor- 
ticultural Society o ‘London, in great parfoktion: 
poli: oa ae “2 eee Bae! its Bracteas. 2. Involucre bis 
. ortion . lucre. : ; : ] 
Flower.— Magnified. e volucre. 4. Female Flower 5. 
