. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. orously as those did whichwere raised from cuttings taken from them. I may also remark that there isfrequently some difference in the colour of the flowers, proceeding from the seasonat which they are produced, and the state of the weather at the time. From these observations, the reader will be able to glean every fact of interestat present known concerning the species. AVe should rejoice to see our collectionsaugmented by many other beautiful plants obtained in a similar way ; and trusttliat missionary bodies will direct the att
. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. orously as those did whichwere raised from cuttings taken from them. I may also remark that there isfrequently some difference in the colour of the flowers, proceeding from the seasonat which they are produced, and the state of the weather at the time. From these observations, the reader will be able to glean every fact of interestat present known concerning the species. AVe should rejoice to see our collectionsaugmented by many other beautiful plants obtained in a similar way ; and trusttliat missionary bodies will direct the attention of their agents to an object whichis in itself so praiseworthy, and might so easily be accomplished. Probablyseedling plants of this species will ultimately be found capable of flourishing in agreenhouse; and although their blossoms be fugitive, the abundance of them com-pensates for that defect. Hibiscus is derived from hibiscos, one of the names applied by the Greeks to thel^Iallow ; or from Ibis, a stork, which is supposed to eat one of the j^r/fjy/tyz^Tn /adntfyftocaf,) SOLAN UM JASMINOIDES. (JASUINE-LIKG NIGUTSUADE.)CLASS. ,. )RDEH. , PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. NATURAL OKDRH. SOLANACE^. Generic Character.—Calyx permanent; five, rarely four-cleft. Corolla rotate, rarely campanulatc ; five,rarely four-cleft. Anthers oblong, connivent, dehiscing by two pores at the apes. Berry almostglobose, two, three, or four-celled, but usually two-celled. DoiVs Gard, and Botany. Specific Character.—Plant a climbing shrub, evergreen. Stems slender, having a greenish nltcrnate, with long petioles, ovate-lanceolate, sligiitly heart shaped at the base, obtuse,smootli, deep green above, rather paler beneath, Calya; five-cleft. Flowers disposed in a between campanulate and cup-shaped, small, pale blue. Climbing shrubs comprise, for the most part, some of the most elegant formsof vegetation, and present claims to regard of which few arc unconsci
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