obtained it for description, was not in a state to induce us to 
attempt to add any further particulars to Mr. Dryander’s ac- _ 
count; the small bractes had all fallen off; and the flowers 
withered. We observed that the upper stipules were 
near an inch in length, oblong, with a longish subulate 
point, membranous or less succulent than the leaves, the 
lower ones smaller and more tapered. 
This extensive genus, or natural order, as it is made by 
some botanists, is among the many whose affinity with other 
vegetable groups has not yet been satisfactorily demon- 
strated; it has therefore no settled place in any of the na- 
tural systems. The species are truly monoicous, having 
flowers of two different configurations mixed together in 
the same bunch, those of one kind destined to bear the 
stamens alone, those of the other placed on a germen sup- 
porting the pistils only. The latter are of five petals instead 
of four, and had not expanded in our specimen. 
The title of humilis was applied under a false impression, 
the, species having been described and determined from a 
yearling plant, before it was known that it would survive 
another season, and grow up to the height of two feet. 
The whole genus is tropical, and belongs chiefly to — 
Asia and America. No species has been found on the con- 
tinent of Africa, though three are native of the adjacent 
islands. ‘The present comes from the West Indies, where it 
was observed by Mr. Alex. Anderson. It was first cultivated 
in this country in 1788, by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, of the 
Hammersmith nursery. 
Jussieu, ina summary of the general habit of the species, 
characterizes them as plants that belong naturally to lakes, 
some few suffrutescent, but the greater portion herbaceous 
with a leafy stem or else a naked scape. The whole genus 
has something both of the habit and taste of the Sorrels. a 
We have omitted in our synonymy the Bregonta humilis 
‘of Bonpland, the stem being roughly furred in that, and 
the foliage deeply indented; it seems to be either the 
hirsuta of this genus, or a species more nearly allied to that 
than to the present. The inflorescence differs also in some 
respects. 
The drawing was taken at the nursery of Messrs. Lod- 
diges and Sons, Hackney, the only place in which we have 
ever met with it. 
oe 
a A stamen-bearing flower.’ 6 A pistil-bearing flower. c The same 
with the petals removed; showing the germen, style, and stigmas. 
