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we should have had no hesitation in allotting the species to 
Anciospermra, even if it had not been already transferred 
from GymnospeRmiaA in the last edition of the Hortus Kew- 
ensis. 
Holmskiold is the name or title of a Dane, whose bo- 
tanical productions, in the opinion of Retzius, have ren- 
dered it worthy of being communicated to the present genus. 
The appellation has been criticized as uncouth to our ut- 
terance, but still we suspect it will be more easily pro- 
nounced by an Englishman, than the generic one so justly 
derived from our monosyllable Smith can be by a Dane or 
indeed any foreigner. y 
“ This very elegant plant was brought originally from 
« China into the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, though native 
“‘ of the interior parts of Bengal. In the garden it grows” 
“to be a small tree if trained up with a single stem, but 
“ if left alone the branches spread far around from the base © 
“ of the stem close to the ground and strike root. ‘The 
“ bark is ash-coloured and tolerably smooth. The flower- 
“ ing is in the cold season, when nothing can exceed it in 
“ beauty.” 
“ Branches numerous, brachiate, while young somewhat 
«‘ 4-sided and a little downy. Leaves opposite, petioled, 
“ cordate, serrate, long-pointed, a little downy, 3-4 inches 
“Jong: petioles 3 of the length of the leaf, downy. Pa- 
“© nicles or compound racemes terminal, brachiate: peduncles 
“and pedicles a little hairy. Bractes, the longer petioled 
“ cordate, the smaller lanceolate. Flowers numerous, pretty 
“large, of a most beautiful scarlet colour, slightly tinged 
 “ with orange, inodorous. Calyx of one piece, very large, 
«< gradually widening into an ample bell, with a slightly 
« 5-lobed border, coloured like the corolla, permanent. 
“ Corolla 1-petalled, irregular; tube longer than the calyx, 
“< projecting with a slight curve downwards; compressed, 
«‘ widening gradually to the orifice, a little hairy on the in- 
«side; limb small, 5-parted, under segment larger. Sta- 
«< mens from the middle of the tube, slightly protruded and 
“«‘ declined, somewhat downy. -dnthers oval. Germen su- 
“ perior 4-lobed, 4-celled, 4-seeded, (ovule) attached a 
< little above the middle. Style declinate in the direction 
“of the stamens, and of the same length. Stigma acute,. 
“slightly two-parted. Capsule 4-lobed, 4-partible, each 
