the stamens of each row alternating with those of the other, upper row 
protruding. Ovary adherent to the base of the tube of the calyx, one 
celled, 5-angled; style long, slender, protruding beyond the anthers. 
Poputar aNp GroerapHicaL Notice. As the name implies, 
India is the native land of this elegant and interesting plant. It be- 
longs both to the islands and peninsula of India, and if Drs. Wight and 
Arnott (Prodromus Flore Peninsulz Indiz Orientalis, I, p. 318), are 
correct in reducing several supposed species (Q. pubescens, Q. glabra, 
Q. Loureiri, Q. villosa) to mere varieties of the present plant, it has 
a still wider range, being found in Cochin-china, The whole order 
Combretacee consists of plants known only in the tropical, none being 
found in the extra-tropical, parts of Asia, Africa,and America. They 
number amongst them many remarkable for their beauty, and several 
for their utility. One of the latter is thus mentioned by Humboldt. “Our 
host was employed in joining large pieces of wood by means of a kind 
of glue called guayca. This substance, used by the carpenters of An- 
gostura, resembles the best glue extracted from the animal kingdom. 
It is found perfectly prepared between the bark and the alburnum of 
the Combretum guayca. It probably resembles in its chemical pro- 
perties birdlime, the vegetable principle obtained from the berries of 
the misletoe, and the internal bark of the holly. An astonishing abun- 
dance of this glutinous matter issues from the twining branches of the 
vejuco de guayca when they are cut. Thus we find within the tropics 
a substance in a state of purity, and deposited in peculiar organs, which 
in the temperate zone can be procured only by the processes of art.” 
Personal Narrative, vol. VI, part I, p. 5. 
INTRODUCTION ; WHERE GROWN; CuLTureE. The introduction of 
this plant took place in 1815. The specimen from which our drawing 
was made was obligingly communicated by Mr. Cameron, Curator of 
the Birmingham Botanic Garden. The best soil is a mixture of loam 
and peat, and cuttings root freely in sand in a moist heat, under a 
hand-glass. Few more beautiful objects can be seen than the Quisqua- 
lis Indica trained either along the rafters, or covering the trellis-work 
of a stove, as it goes on flowering for several months in summer; and the 
changeable character of the flowers give it — a new aspect. 
ATION OF THE Na 
AME 
Quisqvaris, a singularly compounded word, ate Quis which, ant qualis, 
kind, as its — and order were doubtful. Inptca, Indian. 
SynonyMeEs 
QuisavaLis ans Rumphius Amboina, 5, t. 38. Linneus: Species, 556 
ba Botanical i cor folio 2033, G. Don, Diction- 
ary of Gellgianen d Botany, II, Decandolle : : Prodromus III, 23. 
