a genus of the gynandria order, belonging to the dioecia class of plants. There are three species, species, all of them natives of warm climates. They are evergreen shrubby plants, rising six or eight feet high, garnished with simple leaves, and greenish-white quinquepetal flowers. They are propagated by cuttings in spring or summer, planting them in pots of light earth, plunged in a hot-bed. The plants must always be kept in a stove.