hairs are more scattered, ‘suffering the green colour ty 
appear; the petals are the only parts which are not pubes. 
cent, and even the claws of these are.bearded. The flowes_ 
are of a delicate blush rose colour, streaked with a deeper 
red, which have a very lively appearance; in Jacgumi 
figure they are represented ‘much larger, and of a deeper 
colour than it has occurred to us to see them. 
In De Canpouze’s excellent Prodromus, Marva abuli 
loides is arranged in the third primary division of th 
enus, named Spua#roma ; consisting of such species s- 
ave two- or many-seeded capsules of one-cell, united into 
a globular fruit; axillary, mostly many-flowered, pedun- 
cles, and shrubby stem : a division which this celebrated) 
botanist; questions if it ought not to be made a distin 
enus. qt 
“! Native of the Bahama islands, and with us cultivated a 
a greenhouse shrub. Flowers in May; June, and July. Ou 
drawing was made from a specimen received from P. B. 
Wens, Esq. in July last ; we, had fine specimens of the 
same species sent us from the Fulham nursery in May 1817; 
but our draughtsman was at that time so much e 
that he could not take a drawing from them. 
