in Botany, a genus of plants belonging to the clas pendandria, and order monogynia. The calyx is composed of five short oval imbricated leaves; the corolla is monophyllous and funnel-shaped; the margin hypocrateriform; the stigma is quadrifid. One species only has been discovered, *fempervirens*, which is a shrub with round, polished, shining stems, which climb on bushes and small trees. This shrub is very abundant in the woods of Georgia in North America, where it was discovered by Dr Brickel, and it is covered with blossoms for many months of the year.