vered throughout with a short close pubescence. All the 
leaves are distinct and petioled; but the petioles of the 
upper ones are in fact connate, encircling the branch, in 
the way of the true perfoliate leaf, usual in the upper 
foliage of this genus, 
The species is remarkable, as partaking of the characters 
of both the divisions under which the rest of the genus 
have been commonly arranged. It has the long flower and 
twining stem of the Periclymena, with the solitary two- 
flowered axillary peduncles of the Chamecerasa; thus un- 
dermining Jussieu’s genera, Xyrosrzon and Caprirotium, 
as distinguished from Lonicera, and confirming the pro- 
priety of preserving the latter so far at least entire. Fi- 
. gures of the plant frequently occur in chinese hangings and 
drawings, it being, as we are told, in great estimation in 
China for its beauty and fragrance. 
Introduced in 1806 by the Court of Directors of the East 
India Company, in their ship the Hope, Capt. Pendergrass. 
Sent by Mr. William Kerr. 
The drawing was made this summer, from a plant in the 
conservatory reserved for chinese plants, in the nursery 
of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, Hammersmith, 
Multiplied principally by layers, which take root yery 
freely. 
aie flower dissected, to show the position of the stamens, 5 The 
pist . 
