Richard at the expense of the genus Malpighia, only by the deficiency 
of glands on the calyx. The two genera have many points in com-- 
mon, and a peculiarity of several species of Malpighia appears to exist 
in the present subject of observation, viz. the very thin scale-like cha- 
racter of the leaf-bud in the axil of the leaves; this condition of the 
leaf-bud is likewise found in some species of Erythroxylon, which be- 
longs to a tribe very closely allied to the Malpighiacee. 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CuLTURE. This species was in- 
troduced into Great Britain, we believe, in -1830, by the Rev. Mr. 
Keen, of Leatherhead, Surry, who raised it from seeds, received from 
South America. For the specimen from which our drawing was 
taken, we are indebted to J. Jarrett, Esq. of Camerton House, Somer- 
setshire. It is an elegant plant for the greenhouse; and although it 
can scarcely be called a climber, it is indispensable that it be trained 
to a treillage or other support ; or along the rafters of the greenhouse, 
where its numerous odoriferous flowers become highly ornamental. 
Some cultivators of this plant have kept it in the stove, but this does not 
appear to be requisite to the successful growth of the plant ; indeed, it 
is by no means improbable but it may bear the open air, against a 
wall of southern aspect, where it may have protection from the seve- 
rity of our variable winter climate. It grows freely in light loamy 
soil, or mixture of loam and peat, with well decayed manure. Cut- 
tings strike root very readily, placed in sand under a hand-glass, with 
heat. 
DERIVATION OF THE NaMEs. 
GALPHIMIA, an anagram of Malpighi, a being added for the termination ; 
adopted in hone of Malpighi, an eminent Italian physiologist and cogertto 
anatomist of the seventeenth century. Giavca, ‘ita —_ alluding to the 
bluish green colour of the leaves. 
SyNonyMEs. 
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GaLPHIMIA Seiya Cay: 
p 61, plate 489. De 
antarum, Vol. II, p. 385, . 
vio I, p. 639. 
es Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum, Vol. V, 
Prodromus, Vol. I, p. 582. Sprengel, Species 
- Don’s Dictionary of Gardening and Botany, 
