Astiria rosea

His Grace the Duke of Northumberland received this plant from the Mauritius, at the end of the year 1833, along with Trochetia grandiflora, already figured in this volume (t. 21.) It flowered at Syon at the end of March last, when our drawing was made.

The fine broad heart-shaped leaves, and close clusters of pink flowers, render it a rather handsome plant. Fig. 1 represents a portion of its stamens, and 2 the ovary and styles.

From all the race of Byttneriaceae, to which this belongs, it differs in the want of sterile stamens, with the exception of Ruizia. From Ruizia it is distinguished by having a 5-celled and not a 10-celled ovary, and not having hairy capitate stigmata, if the figures of that genus, as given by Cavanilles, are to be trusted. It may even be regarded as a species of Ruizia, but, if so, we find no published species to which it can be referred.