broader than the segments of the calyx, and are placed on the 
inner rim of its tube; the rays of the outer crown converge 
cylindrically round the column; the inmost or operculum is 
deflected along the side of the tube towards the bottom 
down to the dissepiment, that forms a circle on the inner 
wall a little above the base of the colwmn, which has a 
slender stipe that elevates the parts it supports beyond the 
corolla. ‘The species differs from P. Murucuja chiefly in 
having the crown parted into linear stripes, and not of 
one connected piece. The upper leaves are remarkable for 
encircling the branches which bear them by the lobes that. 
form the sinus or indentation at the base, and thus assuming 
the perfoliate mien of the upper foliage of certain sorts of 
Honeysuckle. The stem we believe seldom exceeds the 
length of. ten feet, is villous above, as are the peduncles, 
petioles, and even the leaves along the nerves at their under 
surface, where they are likewise glaucous and veined. 
Native of the West Indies. Found by Dr. Swartz 
growing in hedges on parched spots near the sea, on the — 
southern side of Jamaica; by Sloane on the waoded 
rocky mountains of the same island, 
Introduced by Mr. William Fordyce in 1806. 
Requires the treatment. we have recommended in the! 
fourteenth article of this work for the tropical portion of 
the genus. 
The drawing was made this summer from a plant which 
flowered in Lord Tankerville’s collection at Walton-upon- 
Thames. 
a One of the petals. & A segment of the upper portion of the calyx. 
_e The dissepiment of the nectary. d The inmost crown or deflected oper-~ 
culum. eé The outer crown. The column; which is a stipe or stalk 
coated by the 5 united filaments to where these divide, bearing the pistil 
on its summit. ¢ A stamen. # The germen. 7A style. & The calyx 
without the corolla, a aer 
