of the calyx: limb spreading, four-parted, the segments 
rounded. Anthers reddish, almost sessile, in the throat of 
the corolla ; pollen pale-yellow. Germen very slightly 
hairy, oval: style filiform, at length exserted. Stigma 
rounded, lobular, deep green. Granam MSS. 
Communicated, along with the above description, by 
Dr. Granam, from the Edinburgh Botanic Garden. ‘The 
-_ seeds were received from Russia, through the kindness of 
Mr. Hunneman. 
Sprencex has included it in his Systema Vegetabilium, 
under the name of B. brasiliensis of Jacg. Fil.; but I 
do not know in what work of Jaceurin it is described. 
Sprencet further says, it is the B. Neemda, Hortulanorum, 
and the B. perfoliata of Humsotpr. The latter it cannot 
be ; for it is quite at variance with the description given in 
the Nova Genera. 3 
It is said to be a native of Brazil and Mexico. The 
flowers are produced in the stove, in the month of No- 
vember. 
Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Pistil. 3. Stamen, 4, Leaf, from the lower part of 
the branches.— All but fig. 4 magnified. 
