The Genus is by no means new, in name, having been so titled by Linnæus, from the names of Pergulans and Pergulanus of Burman and Rumphius; who derived them from the use made of the plants by the natives, of the western coast of the peninsula of India; where, they are cultivated to form arbors, for the agreeable flavour of their flowers. This species was first introduced about the year 1784, by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. some time before the other species; wherefore, we have given it the preference. It is propagated by cuttings, and should be treated in the same manner as directed for the Cratæva capparoides of our last Number, to have it flower in perfection. The figures of both species were taken, in August, from two plants in the collection of J. Vere, Esq. Kensington Gore; where, Mr. Anderson (to whom we must beg our sincere acknowledgments for his frequent and ready observations and assistance) informs us, they are treated in such manner. [Illustration] PLATE CLXXXV. PERGULARIA ODORATISSIMA. _Sweet Pergularia, or Chinese Creeper._ CLASS XX. ORDER VI. _of Linn. Gen. Plant. 1764._ _GYNANDRIA DECANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointal. Ten Chives. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. CONTORTA. Nectarium duplex, genitalia involvens; squamulæ _exteriores_ quinque, cuspidatæ; quinque _interiores_, membranaceæ, singula squamula occultans stamina duo alterna. COROLLA hypocrateriformis. CONTORT. Honey-cup double, concealing the parts of fructification; the _outer_ scales are five, and spear-shaped; the five _inner_ are skinny, each scale covering two alternate chives. BLOSSOM salver-shaped. See PERGULARIA MINOR, Pl. CLXXXIV. Vol. III. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. Pergularia foliis cordatis, senioribus subtomentosis; laciniis corollæ margine revolutis, tortis, linearibus, reflexis, viridibus. Pergularia with heart-shaped leaves, the older ones rather downy; the segments of the blossom rolled back at the margin, twisted, linear, reflexed, and green. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. The Empalement. 2. A Blossom. 3. The same, cut open. 4. The parts of fructification, as they appear when covered by the honey-cups, magnified. 5. The outer scale of the Honey-cup, magnified. 6. The inner scale of the Honey-cup, magnified. 7. The two Scales, as they are connected together at the base. 8. The Pointal, with the Chives; the Shaft, Summit, and Chives, with the bodies connecting the Chives, detached and magnified.