to fall into their places with facility, and to range to ad- 
vantage. Mr. Brown has since’ thought it necessary to de- 
tach from both genera a division, under the appellation of 
Catysrecia, which he distinguishes by a calyx which is 
enclosed between two leafy bractés, and by a capsule which 
is unilocular. 
The present plant is a native of the East Indies, where, 
according to Dr. Roxburgh, it grows in. hedges and 
thickets; flowers during the wet ‘season; and affords pro- 
vender to cattle. Jacquin mentions it as native of the Isle 
of France. The former says the stem grows some fathoms 
in length, and dies down every year to the root; the lat- 
ter, that in the Isle of France it winds round the trunks 
of trees to the height of twenty feet, and does not die 
down annually ; altho’ we-see it certainly does when ‘culti- 
vated in our stoves. ‘The root is perennial, and consists of 
elongated round fleshy lactescent tubers, brown on the out- 
side, Leaves. 3-6 inches. long, palmate, 7-nerved, divided 
to beyond: the: middle into 5-5-7 lobes, the outer ones of 
which are smallest. The bloom is ornamental, and appears 
about July in many flowered cymose panicles, from the 
axils of-the upper leaves. Corolla about 2 inches deep, 
‘bright rose-colour within’ the faux, paler at the limb; on 
the outside the colour shines thro’ a white porcelane-like 
glaze. Seed woolly. | 
Introduced in 1799 by Mr. Thomas Gibbs. We owe the 
opportunity of taking the present drawing to Mr. John 
‘Hall, in whose hothouse, at Notting Hill, the plant 
flowered this summer in great perfection. We had never 
before seen it in flower; but we had found young plants of 
it at Messrs. Whitley, Brames, and Milne’s nursery. 
Propagated by parting the:root. Should be kept in the 
tan-pit, and led along the rafters of the house, or suffered 
to twine: round props placed: for the! purpose.. 
a The corolla dissected; to show the: stamens.:.d The pistil, with didy- 
_ ‘mous-capitate stigma, olvheil “ 
