CALYCIFLOIOE. 
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hiscent from the apex. Seeds numerous, elliptic, 
compressed, slightly scabrous. 
Named in honor of the Duchess of Portland, a Patroness 
of Botany. 
a. C dycine lobes foliaccous. 
1. Portlandia grandiflora. Large-flowered 
Portlandia . 
Leaves elliptico-lanceolate, very shortly petiol- 
ate, stipules acute. 
Jacq. Amer. 62 t. 44. — Swartz , Ohs. 69. — Smith, Ic. 
Piet. I. 6. — Bot. Mag. 286. 
H A B. Marley hills, in thickets. 
F L. After rains. 
About 8-10 feet in height. Leaves 5-6 inches long and 
about 2 broad, somewhat coriaceous, shining : petiole 
about 2 lines in length. Stipules deltoid. Peduncles axil- 
lary, subsolitary (12) one-third of an inch in length, one- 
flowered. Calycine segments leafy, persistent. Corolla 
about 5| inches in length, white, externally erubescent, 
fragrant. Filaments villous towards the insertion. Style 
with the stigma tetragonal, spirally twisted, longer than 
the stamens. Capsule size of a hazel nut, compressed, re- 
maining long on the tree. 
This is a very beautiful plant, deservedly a favourite in 
our gardens. It stands the severest drought, and is long- 
lived. During the night, especially towards morning, it 
diffuses a very powerful odour, to a considerable distance. 
It is a very common plant along that part of the coast 
near Kingston, known as the white-horses, and I have no 
doubt the strong fragrance, conveyed during night to 
sea by the land wind, would be distinctly perceived on 
board of a vessel at a short distance. I have remarked 
that the odour cf this, as well as of other fragrant flowers, is 
most powerful on moonlight nights. 
2. Portlandia gypsophylla. Smaller Port- 
landia. 
Leaves oblong acuminate at both ends very 
shortly petiolate, stipules deltoid acuminate. 
P. acuminata, Rocm. ct Schult. V 23. 
