The flowers arc produced in the winter only, and the plant 

 requires much water when in flower, drooping- whenever the 

 sun shines powerfully. In the summer it does not seem to 

 be so thirsty. From Dr. Roxburgh's manuscripts we learn, 

 that at Calcutta it blossoms in January, and ripens its seeds 

 in March. 



Mr. Herbert has received seeds of the same species from 

 the Mauritius, which produced plants differing in nothing" 

 from the Calcutta ones, except that the leaves of the former 

 were longer and somewhat more pointed than in the latter; a 

 considerable difference, in which respect we observe even in 

 the specimen from which our drawing was made. 



