parvis suhserrato-()landulosi. Petala unguiculata, ohovato-cuneata, subspathu- 

 lata, limbo patcnti, supra basin biauriculata, auriculis brevissimis deorskm 

 versis, multinervia, nervis {in speciminibus siccis obscurioribus) ambitum 

 versus ramosis, lactea. Capsula calyce {minime baccato) persistente vestita, 

 stylo ipsa sesquilongiori terminata, bilocularis, dissepimento ex injlexis valvu- 

 larum marginibus orto ; placentae ducB, centrales, in quovis loculamento una. 

 Setnina numerosa, oblonga, utrinque acutiuscula, sulcis minutis longitudinali- 

 bus notata. — Linnsea, 1. 543. 



According to Messrs. Chamisso and Schlechtendahl 

 this is a common plant near Montevideo and Rio Grande 

 do Sul, in the south of Brazil, where it was discovered by 

 Mr. Sellow. Mr. Don informs us that there are specimens 

 from this Botanist in Mr. Lambert's Herbarium. He also 

 states, " that it evidently comes near to Kuntli's E. flori- 

 bunda; but, independent of the widely different localities, 

 the latter is described as having angular branches, which, 

 together with the young leaves, are said to be viscid, and 

 the fruit not larger than a grain of pepper. The total 

 absence of glands or viscid matter from the young branches 

 and leaves, the more corymbose inflorescence, and the 

 longer calycine teeth, essentially distinguish it from 

 E. glamlulosa of the Flora Peruviana, which is otherwise 

 closely related to it. 



** The plant at Boyton is now upwards of six feet 

 high, and promises to be much higher, with the air of 

 Arbutus Unedo, but the leaves are of a thinner texture. 

 The flowers are produced in large corymbose panicles, at 

 the extremities of almost every shoot; they are very fragrant, 

 the smell not unlike that of the common Hawthorn. The 

 plant appears to be almost hardy, blossoming freely in the 

 open air; and having seen specimens of nearly all the genus, 

 I consider this as the finest of them ; and, from the circum- 

 stances above mentioned, a great acquisition to the Gardens. 



" The circumstance which has given rise to the name 

 o^ bifida, applied to the plant by Link and Otto, evidently 

 originates from the premature decay of the extremity of 

 the midrib, and appears to be accidental, as it is rarely 

 observed in the native samples." 



Our drawing was made from specimens communicated 

 by Mr. Lambert in August last. We have also seen it 

 flowering abundantly against a south wall in the Garden of 

 the Horticultural Society, where it was preserved alive with 

 some difficulty by the aid of mats in winter. 



Propagated by cuttings. J. L. 



