externally green, segments. At the mouth are five large — 
fleshy three-lobed scales, united at their base, and adnate 
with the corolla. Stamens five, inserted into the tube. Fi- 
laments extremely short, thick. Anthers sagittate, united 
into a cone, cohering to the stigma above the middle, ex-— 
ternally pubescent. Germen ovate; Style filiform, expand- 
ing upwards, and terminating in a small bifid stigma, to 
which the anthers are attached. 
This rare plant was sent to the Glasgow Botanic Garden | 
in the year 1823, by our liberal friend Dr. Waxticn, under 
the name of Nerium coccineum, from the Calcutta Botanic 
Garden. To us it appears neither to have the habit, nor 
the essential generic characters of Nertum, but to agree 
much better with the Wrieutia of Mr. Brown. According 
to the Hortus Benghalensis, as quoted by Mr. Loppiess, it 
is a native of Sylhet, and was thence introduced to the 
Calcutta Botanic Garden, by R. K. Dick, Esq. in 1805. 
Hitherto we have kept it in a warm stove, where it flowers. 
during the months of June and July. The scent of the 
flowers is very powerful, and may not unaptly be compared 
to that of pine-apple ; or it, perhaps, more resembles a mix- 
ture of Madeira wine and strawberries. Each blossom - 
continues expanded for several days, and makes a beau- — 
tiful appearance. 
Fig. 1. Flower, from which the corolla has been cutaway. 2. Inside view 
of astamen. 3. Section of a calyx and lower part of the corolla, shewing the 
pistil—All, more or less, magnified, 
