somewhat inflated, five-cleft, with acute segments. Petals 
rather large, showy, broadly obovate, nerved, reddish, 
somewhat inclining to purple, very concave and erect, so 
that taken collectively they almost form a globose corolla. 
Stamens numerous. Anthers yellow, very compact. 
Of this plant, seeds were sent about the year 1820, by 
Sir Tuomas Harpy from South America, to Lady Camp- 
BELL; but from what part of that vast continent is not 
stated in the MS of Dr. Sims, for whom the drawing was 
made at Messrs. Wurtteys, Fulham, in October 1821. It 
appears, however, to be clearly the Sina rosea of Messrs. 
Linx and Orro in the work above quoted, differing only in 
the deeper colour of its flowers ; and thence we learn that 
it is a native of Brazil, and that it was introduced to the 
Botanic Garden of Berlin, in 1817, by Prince Maximi1ian 
pE Neuwiep. 
At is evidently allied to the Siva globiflora of this work 
t. 2821, and is equally remarkable for the globose flowers 
and inflated calyx, truncate at the base. 
