longer than the leaf, rounded, downy. Raceme terminal, 
_ erect. Pedicels jointed upon the stem, one to two 
inches long, thickened upwards, glandular. Calyx of four 
linear, unequal, reflexed and at length revolute, glandular 
and deciduous leaflets. Petals greenish, linear, two inches 
and more long, cohering by their* margins, and opening 
only on one side, whence the stamens and pistil are pro- 
truded. Torus subglobose, fleshy, orange-coloured. Sta-_ 
mens six, equal in length. Filaments three inches long, 
curved upwards, gréenish, tinged with red towards the 
summit. Anthers linear, purplish-yellow, opening by late- 
ral fissures. Pollen globose, yellow. Germen linear, com- 
pressed, downy, three-fourths of an inch long, crowned 
with the sessile and flat stigma, and supported upon a stalk 
which is nearly as long as the stamens. Ovules many, on 
longitudinal, sutural, filiform receptacles. __ 
Linn us says of this species “‘ Saporis urentissimi, odoris 
virosissimi,” properties which we omitted to notice at the 
time the drawing was made. The same author gives it as 
an inhabitant of Guinea :—the Hortus Kewensis of South 
America, whence it was introduced into our stoves by Dr. 
Foruercu, in 1774. The plant here described, flowered 
in the Glasgow Botanic Garden in June, 1827, and was 
raised from seeds sent by Mr. Locxnarr from Trinidad. 
The flowers are, perhaps, among the largest of the Genus; 
but they are less conspicuous than many others, on account 
of their almost uniform pale green colour. 
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Fig. 1. Stamens, 2. Pollen. 3. Section of a Germen: magnified. 
