€j/noglo$sum. pentanhkia monog^pnia. 5 



vegetation advances, twice, thrice, or even more times bifid ; each 

 division ending in- a somewhat long, recurved, secuntl spike with two 

 tows of small, exquisitely beautiful, green flowers on its convex 

 side, — Bractes none. — Calyx five-leaved. — Coral with the tube en- 

 larged toward the base, twice the length of the calyx ; border slightly 

 five-notched; throat open. — Anthers linear, sub-sessile near the base 

 of the tube of the corol. — Germ ovate, four-celled with one ovulunv 

 in each, attached to the top of the axis.— Se&ds ovate-cordate^ 

 smooth. 



Additional remark by N. W. 



This elegant shrub which has been referred b* Lehmann to He- 

 liotropium (Syst. Veg. ed. Roem. et Schult vol. iv. 730)* is cer- 

 tainly a species of Tournefortia. It was introduced into the Botanic 

 Garden in 18 1Q, and has grown to a very large branchy shrub which 

 climbs over trees of considerable size. Though it blossoms profuse-- 

 ly every year, it is but rarely that it produces ripe seeds. It is 

 however easily multiplied by layers. Leaves and young branches co- 

 vered with much soft short hair; tender parts silky. — Calyx very 

 deeply divided, so as to appear almost five-leaved; segments linear. 

 — Mouth of the corolla contracted, border plicated, its iacinia? ciliat- 

 ed ; tube hairy without. — Ovarium surrounded by a yellowish glandu- 

 lar swelling. Style short. Stigma peltate, slightly depressed in the 

 centre, green — Berry deep purple, oval, smooth, containing two 

 ftemi-oval two-seeded sometimes one-seeded nuts. — JN. W. 



CYN0GL0SSU3L Schreb. Gen. N. 243. 



Corol funnel-shaped; the throat contracted with vaults. Seedi 

 four, depressed, affixed to the style. 



•This very valuable work will hereafter lie quoted under the abbreviation, %rf. 



