“ Stem scarcely any. Branches numerous, long, strag- 
“ sling, except when kept cut, they are then more erect. 
“ Bark of the young parts generally dark purple, and very 
“smooth; in some varieties green. Leaves opposite, short 
“ petioled, lanceolar, obtuse, frequently a little scolloped, 
“smooth, from three to six inches long, and from half an 
“inch to an inch broad, nerve and veins dark purple. 
“‘ Spikes terminal, erect, whorled. Anthers double, the 
“ lower ones with a spurlike projection pointing downwards 
“ and outwards.” 
«‘ Willdenow has spoiled the specific name. Linnzeus 
“ wrote it Gandarussa, which is nearer to the true one, viz. 
“© Gundharusa.” Roxb. loc. cit. 
Introduced by Sir Joseph Banks in 1800, from the East 
Indies. 
The drawing was taken at the Nursery of Messrs. Colvill, 
in the King’s Road; where the plant is cultivated in the 
hothouse and flowers early in the spring. 
It has never yet been figured in any popular publication, 
_and is we believe a scarce plant. 
The description is by the late learned and excellent Mr. 
Dryander. 
