relied on by Mr. Brown to keep separate the Asclepiadece 
from the Apocynee to be, that the pollen in the former is ap- 
plied to the stigma by an indirect and intermediate process, 
while in the latter it reaches its destination directly and of 
itself; circumstances associated to a proportionate influence 
upon the general habit of the two orders. 
The present genus is remarkable for 5 glandular spoon- 
like processes placed at the angles of the stigma, in which 
the pollen is deposited previous to its arrival at its ultimate 
destination; a character that brings the genus within the 
confines of the order where it now stands. 
The drawing was made from a specimen sent us by the 
kindness of Sir Abraham Hume, by whom the plant is cul- 
tivated in the hothouse at Wormleybury, where it flowered 
Jast summer, we believe, for the first time in Europe. In 
the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, it is said to be in blossom ~ 
through most of the year, but rarely to seed. The follow- 
ing is Dr. Roxburgh’s description of the plant. 
“ Stem erect and woody: bark smooth, greenish ash- 
colour: branches twining up and over trees of very consider- 
able size, every part abundantly milky when wounded. 
Leaves opposite, short-petioled, oblong, entire, obtuse, 
pointed, polished on both sides, underneath minutely netted, 
about 3 inches long by 1$ broad. Flowers terminal, from 
one to many, forming a dichotomous raceme with one in 
the fork, very large, pale pink. Bractes conically lanceo- 
late, opposite, caducous. Calyx five-leaved: leaflets ovate- 
lanceolate, with ample thin curled margins. Corolla cam- 
panulate, half five-cleft. Scales 5 attached to the tube of 
the corolla, immediately above the stamens, each divided 
into long filiform coloured segments. Filaments short, in- 
serted in the contracted base of the corolla: anthers cordate, 
incurved in the form of a dome over the stigma. Germens 
2, 1-celled, each containing many ovula, attached to a 
large projecting fleshy receptacle on the inside: styles 2 at 
the base, coalescing near the top: stigma single, large, glo- 
pular, bifid at the apex, with 5 glands round its sides which 
are firmly attached to the inside of the 5 anthers, near their 
base, between these are 5 dark-coloured spear-shaped scales, 
which become detached by age.” 
The name was suggested to Mr. Brown by the circum- 
stance of the enclosure of the fiye-scaled crown within the 
tube of the corolla, and its not being exposed to view as in 
other bordering genera. 
