Introduced from the East Indies in 1796 by Mr. Peter 
Good; and now frequent in the hothouses about London. 
The drawing was taken at the Nursery of Messrs. Colvill, 
in the King’s Road, Chelsea, where the plant is in flower 
for a great part of the year. 
An elaborate account of this species is given in the work 
we have quoted, by Mons. Ventenat ; who has determined, 
by a reference to the original sample in Burmann’s Herba- 
rium, that it is not the plant quoted by Linnzeus from that 
author's work as a synonym of CLERODENDRON infortuna- 
tum. It has since been likewise determined, by a reference 
to Hermann’s Herbarium in the Banksian library belong- 
ing to Mr. Brown, from whence the CLERODENDRON infor- 
tunatum of Linnzeus was first adopted, that it is not that — 
plant either, which is probably the same with Burmann’s. 
Under these circumstances, Mr. Brown, in the late 
edition of the Hortus Kewensis, has omitted all reference 
to the Linnzean species, and retained only the synonym 
from Van Rheede, which seems clearly to belong to the 
plant before us, and consequently not to ifortunatum, as 
formerly supposed. M. Ventenat, on the other hand, al- 
though he changed the name of the species, still re- 
served the Linnzean plant as a synonym to his viscosum, 
not having the opportunity, which the editor of the Hortus 
Kewensis had, of deciding whether the two were really 
distinct, or not. 
The leaves of the Linnzan plant are entire; of the one 
before us, serrate. 
The fragrance as well as elegance of the blossom makes 
the plant a desirable acquisition for every collection. 
A figure of one of its berries, which ripened at Messrs. 
Colvill’s, is added to the annexed plate. 
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