BB THE GENUS CINCHONA. [part i. 



tached are inserted in the throat of the corolla, 

 only the tips of the anthers being visible. The 

 stigma is divided into two fleshy lobes, and the 

 capsule splits, not like that of Cinchona, but 

 from the apex to the base in the centre of each 

 cell. The seeds are very small, and each has a 

 toothed, membranous wing. The flowers of 

 this beautiful plant are produced in a large head, 

 and at first sight greatly resemble those of a 

 Hydrangea ; but they are easily distinguished by 

 their delightful fragrance. 



Manettia corcUfoIia, a very pretty stove-twiner 

 often seen in collections, is very nearly allied to 

 Luculia, differing principally in the shape of the 

 flowers, which in Manettia have a long tube 

 and a very small limb. Bouvardia triphylla and 

 the other species of Bouvardia, and Pinckneya 

 pubescens, belong to this division ; and such of 

 my readers as have the living plants to refer to, 

 will find it both interesting and instructive to 

 dissect them and compare the parts of their 

 flowers with the description I have given of 

 Luculia and Cinchona, so as to discover the 

 difference between the different genera ; after- 

 wards reading the generic character of each 

 given in botanical works, that they may see how 

 far they w^ere right. 



