foot-stalks. Bracts lanceolate at the base of each ramification, the 
lower ones half an inch long, the upper ones much shorter. CaLyx 
reddish, bell-shaped, with five teeth or short lobes. PrTaxs five, 
three times as long as the calyx, slightly connected at the base, 
obovate or obcordate, of a rich red colour. STaMeENs in the males, 
ten, five outer ones just projecting above the tube of the corolla, five 
longer inner ones. CapsuLe of the females large and smooth. 
PopuLar aND GeoGrapHicaL Notice. This genus, chiefly in- 
habiting the tropical regions of both continents, is numerous in species, 
even after the deduction of the Manihots (Janipha), and the Sipho- 
nias, or American Caoutchouc trees. They are many of them very 
ornamental, and furnish some very powerful medicines, amongst 
others the celebrated Curcas of East India. The present species 
belongs to a West Indian group remarkable for their large red petals, 
all of which would be very desirable acquisitions. G. B. 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CuLTuRE. The J atropha Pan- 
durefolia was first introduced by Mr. J. Fraser from the island of 
Cuba, in the beginning of the present century. It has ever since 
remained in our stoves, though not very frequently seen. The great 
_impulse lately given to, Horticulture has induced not only the intro- 
duction of novelties, but the searching out of many old but beautiful 
plants lying almost neglected in our stoves; amongst others the 
__ present one certainly rivals in appearance many of the handsome new 
Euphorbias. Our drawing was made in July, from a plant in the rich 
collection of Mrs. Lawrence of Drayton Green. When successfully 
cultivated, it is not only a handsome shrub, but a very free flowerer, 
, and deserving a place in every well-stocked stove. Itshould be potted 
in a mixture of loam, peat, and sand; and, like other milky succulent 
plants, have an ample quantity of drainers beneath its roots, and be 
rather sparingly watered in winter. It may be propagated by cuttings, 
which should be made in spring just before it commences growing. 
When these are taken from the parent plant, they should be laid by 
in the stove, for twenty-four hours at least, previous to being planted. 
This will reduce their juices, and prevent premature decay. After- 
wards plant them in sand, and give a strong bottom heat, which will 
soon excite them to active vegetation. 
DERIVATION or THE NAMES 
Jatropua, from iarpoc a physician, and rpogn food, from its importance in 
medicine. Panpursrormis, in botanical Latin ashape compared to that of 
our fiddles, though nothing like that of the Renin pandura, 
Synonrmes. 
JatTRopHA Panpur#&rouia.* Sims: Botanical Magazine, t. 604. 
