We perceive no difference between the cultivated plant 
and our wild specimens from Jamaica, beyond a greater 
degree of pubescence upon the latter. 
« This elegant little plant is not uncommon in the road 
to Sixteen Mile Walk, and is frequently met with in the 
mountains of St. Ann’s. It grows in a dry, sandy, but 
cool soil. The whole plant makes an elegant appearance 
in the woods.”— Browne. 
Half-shrubby, branched, about two feet high. Stems 
round, covered with glandular hairs. Leaves opposite, 
lanceolate, stalked, pubescent, especially beneath. S%- 
pules an entire rim between the leaves. Flowers terminal, 
‘about three, with two minute bracts at the base. Calya 
inferior, 5-leaved ; sepals narrow, acute, keeled at back, 
with a membranous edge. Corolla pale yellow, funnel- 
shaped, contracted towards the base, a little enlarged up- 
wards, and 5-lobed; the lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
spreading. Stamens ascending, the length of corolla. An- 
thers elliptical. Style filiform, the length of corolla. Stigma 
capitate, 2-lobed. Capsule ovate, acute, the length of 
calyx, pointed with the persistent style, which is not spi- 
rally twisted. ‘i 
J. LL. 
