summer. The flowers are among the handsomest of the 
genus. We are not aware that the species has been evel 
introduced into this country, before it was lately sent from 
_ Madras by Mrs. Clarke to Messrs. Whitley and Co. of the 
Fulham nursery, where it was raised last summer. The seed 
had been procured from the Botanic Garden at Calcutta. 
The whole plant, except the corolla, furred. Stem round, 
from six to twelve feet high, about as thick as a crow-quil 
at the base. Leaves alternate, distant, broadly cordate, 
three-lobed, 2-4 inches long, lobes pointed, middle oné 
larger and farther tapered. Peduncles axillary, solitary; 
about the length of the petioles, 2-3-flowered. Bractes 
linear. Calyx more roughly furred than any other part of 
the plant, 3 times shorter than the corolla or more, leaflets 
upright, lanceolate with a long narrow subulate point, of 
one length, two inner ones narrower than the rest. Flowers 
large, of a bright pale blue colour. Corolla nearly fun- 
nelform; tube equal to the calyx, more than twice shorter 
than the faux, which is white; limb subrotately expanded, 
twice shorter than the tube reckoned together with the faux, 
segments rounded mucronately notched or emarginate- 
Stamens whitish, even with the faux, of unequal lengths; — 
jilaments furred below; anthers cream-coloured. Stigma a 
granulated head, slightly and obscurely three-lobed. Cells 
of the capsule two-seeded. 
