of unequal size, ovate-acumimate, younger ones villous on — 
_ both sides, older ones tomentose underneath and smoothish — 
above. Flowers in a terminal compound cyme. .Peduneles — 
villous, red. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, persistent, — 
apparently semi-superior, being firmly adherent to the — 
lower half of the germen, but the upper half of the germen — 
projects beyond it. .Corolla of.a scarlet. colour: tube an — 
inch long ; five-angled ; at first yellow, but soon turning red; — 
limb 5-cleft, four -times. shorter than tube. Stamens five: | 
Filaments inserted into the melliferous base (not the middle) 
of the tube: anthers two-celled, affixed to the internal 
face of the filaments : ‘pollen yellow. Germen fleshy, nearly — 
globose, 5-celled : ovules many, affixed to a central re- 
ceptacle: style shorter than the stamens : stigma simple. — 
Berry we have not seen ; but as half the germen projects 
beyond the cup of the:calyx, if the berry is really crowned _ 
by this (as is described) the lower part must increase dis- _ 
proportionately to the upper. 3 oso | 
A fine shrub ; native of St. Domingo, Jamaica, and of — 
the hot woods at the base of the Andes, in Peru; requires 
to be kept in the stove, where it flowers in August.. Com- — 
municated by Mrs. Warker, Arno’s Grove, Southgate. 
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