jngiforrnibus, convexis, ad cenlrum contiguis, marginibus recurvis, per pares 

 ovulum 7nedio adjigcntibus {unde ovariiuii pscudo-4:-loc?dare). Stylus cupil- 

 laceus, sursum purpnrascens. Stigma bijidum, lohis aciitis, subulaiis, 

 divergentib^is. (Bucca calyce brcvior, atropurpurca., nitida, succidenta, 

 A-loba, lobis 2 v. 3 abortientibtis,fertili obovato. Semen solitarium. Coty- 

 ledones ohovatce, carnosce. Radicula rotundata, infera. Ex Roxb.) — 

 Wall. MSS. 



" This is a very handsome shrub while in flower. It 

 is a native of Silhet, where it was found by the late 

 Mr. M. R. Smith, and by him sent to Dr. Roxburgh in 

 1811. The Hindustani and Bengali name is Hathi Khan, 

 or Elephant's Ear, in allusion to the shape and size of its 

 leaves. It produces its elegant white and fragrant flowers 

 in the hot season, during the months of April and May, 

 and ripens its berries in June and July. In the Botanic 

 Garden of Calcutta it thrives luxuriantly." 



For the foregoing ample account of this plant we are 

 indebted to the kindness of Dr. Wallich, by whom seeds 

 were sent to Europe. Our drawing was made from a 

 specimen obligingly communicated by the Honourable 

 and Rev. W. Herbert, in November last. 



In the stove it is a rapid-growing plant, easily known 

 by the dark green colour of its halberd^shaped leaves, 

 which have often a deep stain of purple. It increases 

 freely by cuttings. 



J. L. 



