is ; for we find the placentae distinctly separate from the 

 carpellary leaves, and to all appearance constituting a forma- 

 tion with a central origin. It can hardly indeed be doubted 

 that the central placentation is of very common occurrence ; 

 indeed I suspect we shall find upon more exact enquiry that 

 the placentary matter is not always confined to the interior 

 of the ovary, but that it occasionally finds its way to the 

 outside, in which case it becomes the stigmatic tissue, and is 

 surrounded hy the apex of the style either in the form of a sort 

 of toothing as in Impatiens, or like a rim as in Ericaceae, 

 or as what botanists call the stigmatic indusium in Goode- 

 niaceee, &c. 



Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co. of Exeter supplied me 

 with a flowering specimen of this plant in May of the present 

 year; and I have also had it from Messrs. Rollissons of 

 Tooting. 



It is multiplied by cuttings or seed in the same manner 

 as Cape heaths ; and must be cultivated in the greenhouse 

 or pit, sufficiently protected from frost in winter. The situa- 

 tion in which it is placed should be near the glass, and 

 where it can have plenty of air. In the summer months it 

 should be turned out of doors, but not exposed to too bright 

 sunshine. In other respects it may be treated as common 

 greenhouse. plants. The soil which suits it best is peat and 

 sand. 



Fig. 1. represents a magnified view of the entire flower; 

 2. is a stamen ; 3. is an ovary, with its double two-lobed 

 crimson disk ; 4. represents the same part cut through trans- 

 versely, and shews that one of the cells of the ovary is much 

 smaller than the other. 



