leaves when pressed. It differs from Martynia not only in 

 the presence of the two membranous bracts already men- 

 tioned, but also in two of its stamens being abortive ; never- 

 theless, as I see no particular necessity for separating it on 

 these accounts, I leave it in the genus where it has hitherto 

 stood. 



The drawing was made in September, 1836, from a plant 

 raised by Mr. George Mills, in the garden of the late Mr. 

 Rothschild at Gunnersbury. It requires the treatment of 

 a cockscomb, or any similar tender annual. 



Fig. 1. shews the form of the ovary, style and stigma; 

 2. is a cross section of the ovary, representing the two 

 double revolute parietal placentae ; and fig. 3. exhibits 

 the two perfect stamens, the two imperfect ones, and the 

 fifth, which is only rudimentary, all growing from the tube 

 of the corolla. ' 



