Jacquin, who found it in the Havanna, on bush-covered 

 rocks near the sea, and sometimes growing upon the naked 

 rock itself, describes it as an inelegant straggling shrub about 

 six feet high. He says the bright vermilion coloured flowers 

 are as sweet-scented as violets ; a property however which 

 exists in only a slight degree in the cultivated plant. 



It is usually known in gardens by the erroneous name of 

 Rondeletia speciosa. 



