Purple cestrum, red cestrum, or bastard jasmine, Cestrum elegans. Imported from Mexico by nurseryman Louis van Houtte of Ghent. Purple habrothamnus, Habrothamnus purpureus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after a botanical illustration by Sarah Drake from Edwards’ Botanical Register, continued by John Lindley, published by James Ridgway, London, 1844.

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