APPENDIX. 
peculiar character in its drooping flowers. I 
am also unable to find that the remarkable cir- 
cumstance of the anthers adhering by their base 
within, and being firmly attached to the stigma, 
is mentioned by any author as existing in other 
individuals of this curious genus. 
Most of the species of Strophanthus inhabit 
equinoctial Africa. The S, dichotomus which is 
a native of China, is the only one of the genus, 
as far as I know, which has yet been introduced 
to our gardens. There is an excellent represen- 
tation of it in the Botanical Register^ tab. 469. 
