merly divided it. Willdenow, in his edition of the Species 
Plantarum, has perplexed his record of the plant, by in- 
troducing into it synonymy the oppositifolia of Thunberg, 
which bas downy leaves; as well as by separating from 
it the Jevigata cf that author and of Wendland, which 
belong to it. We have followed the editors of the Hortus 
Kewensis, in terming that the corolla in this plant, which 
others have termed the calyx. 
The specimens we have seen, have been from one foot to 
tio feet high. Leaves in some nearly ovate and shorter, 
in others oblong and narrower; of a glaucous hue, which 
proceeds from a whitish efflorescence, appearing like 
shagreen when inspected through a magnifying-glass, 
Flowers light yellow, rendered nearly white on the out- 
side, by hairs of that colour. Pollen deep yellow. Style 
and stigma white, below the lower anthers. In the Bank: 
sian Herbarium ve find spontaneous specimens with the 
branches, floral leaves, and stamenlike bodies of a purple 
colour, such as they are described by Bergius and Burman: 
but differing from the present in no other respect. The 
whole plant seems devoid of any peculiar scent. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope; from whence it was sent to the 
Kew Gardens, by Mr. Masson, in 1783, Belongs to the 
ereen-house, requiring little care, and is easily multiplied by 
cuttings. Should be planted in peat-mould. | Blooms in 
winter and summer. 
. The genus is arranged by Jussieu in his natural order of 
Thymelee. au i 
The drawing was made at Mr, Kn 
ight’s exotic nursery, 
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King’s Road, Fulham, y 
a The flower magnified and dissected, so as 
false and 8 real stamens; also the lateral in 
pencilled stigma, 
to show the position of the 4 
sertion of the style, and the 
