was raised, and produced its beautiful and graceful flowers in 

 August 1837. It is stated by Dr. Royle to inhabit the valley 

 of the Buspa, and the country near Turanda, in Kunawur. 



It is very different from A. Emodi, a still finer species, 

 found near Sirinuggur, and on the Suen range of hills, with 

 much larger and more numerous flowers, a more robust 

 foliage, and a much more considerable stature. This spe- 

 cies still remains to be introduced. 



The subject of the present plate is a very elegant and 

 rather slender perennial, growing about a foot high, and 

 probably hardy enough to stand out if planted in any dry 

 situation or on rockwork, and protected during winter from 

 the wet and most severe frost by a hand-glass. It is very 

 impatient of wet even in summer, and requires to be kept 

 particularly dry during winter; it thrives best in a loamy 

 soil with a small portion of sandy peat added, and may be 

 increased by seeds or cuttings. The seeds should be sown 

 about February, in a loamy soil, and placed in the green- 

 house. The plants grow slowly, and will not flower before 

 the second year. Cuttings of the young shoots strike any 

 time from March to September, but rather slowly. They 

 will continue flowering from June to September ; the same 

 flowers remain for some days in perfection ; they are desti- 

 tute of scent. 



Dr. Brown considers this genus not distinct from Incar- 

 villea, and, in conformity with that opinion, Dr. Royle has 

 abandoned his name Amphicome. Nevertheless it appears 

 to me that the characters assigned to the latter as a subgenus 

 are quite sufficient for a higher purpose, in an order the dis- 

 tinctive characters of which are such as those of dicarpous 

 Monopetalse. 



In the plates the dissections illustrate the curious struc- 

 ture of this plant. Fig. 1. is a view of a calyx and the lower 

 part of the tube of the corolla, the remainder being cut away 

 in order to shew how the anthers embrace the style. Fig. 2. 

 is one of the curious anthers, with a horn upon each lobe, 

 and another upon the appendage of the connective. Fig. 3. 

 represents a section of the ovary, together with the hypo- 

 gynous cup in which it is seated. Fig. 4. is the face of a 

 seed inverted, shewing the hairs proceeding from each end, 

 the hilum, and the impression of the embryo lying within it. 

 Fig. 5. is a very highly magnified view of one of the hairs of 

 the seed. Fig. 6. represents the loose sac in which the 

 embryo lies, with the soft inflated chalaza at the apex. 



