tinctly jointed upon.the stem or branch, and jointed also at 
the insertion of the leaflets. Panicles terminal, its peduncles 
opposite or whorled, spreading. Flowers horizontal or 
drooping, large, of a most delicate rose colour. Calyx bell- 
shaped, somewhat inflated, with short, acute teeth, green 
tinged with purple, persistent. Tube of the corolla an inch 
and a half long, inflated upwards, contracted at the base, 
with deeper rose-coloured striz and plaited, glabrous ; 
limb 5-fid, the lobes spreading, unequal, the lower one the 
largest, all of them rounded and crenato-fimbriated at the 
‘margin within; the corolla has three longitudinal, yellow 
stripes on the lower side. Stamens inserted at the base of 
the corolla: filaments curved: anthers yellow. Germen 
pyramidal, glabrous: Style filiform, longer than the tube : 
Stigma two-lobed. Fruit or siliqua three inches long, 
rounded, fleshy, acuminate, of two valves, many-seeded : 
Dissepiment spongy, bearing many seeds, which are sur- 
rounded by a thin and broad pellucid membrane. Bojer. 
This charming Bignonta is a native of temperate and moun- 
tainous regions, in the island of Madagascar, and in the province 
of Angove, where it flowers from February to April, and_is 
known to the inhabitants by the name of Vooa Kidzi-Kidzi-Ka. 
During the six years that Professor Boser devoted to the inves- 
tigation of the Botanical riches of Madagascar and the neigh- 
bouring islands and continent of Africa, no plant possessed greater 
charms, in his estimation, than the subject now before us. The 
inhabitants too, of the Province of Emirna particularly, cultivate 
it with great ardour, and to a considerable extent, no less on 
account of the beauty of its blossoms, than for the sake of its 
fleshy fruit, which has a very agreeable flavour, and is highly 
et as an esculent. It is no wonder, then, that M. Boser 
as selected this individual to bear the name of Mrs. CHartes 
Texrair of the Mauritius, in testimony of his high respect for 
her many virtues and accomplishments, and in acknowledgment 
of the services rendered by her to Botany in many ways, but in 
none more than by her happy talent in the delineation of plants. 
For the drawing here represented, made on the spot and from 
native specimens, and for the whole of the above description, Lam 
indebted to Professor Boser. Iam not aware that the plant, so 
truly deserving of cultivation with us, has yet been introduced to 
eur dens. But of this we are sure, that if it be in the power 
of Mr. Texratr or M. Boser, to transmit living plants or seeds, 
it will be done. 
~ Fhave erred in my account of Brenonta Colei, t. 2817, in saying it was 
discovered by Prof. Boser. It was found in the forests first by his Excel- 
lency Sir G. Lowry Coxe himself, who indicated the station to M. Boss. 
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Fig. 1. Fruit, nat, size. 2. Seed, ditto. 
