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62. Habenaria Susanna,* R. Br. (Orchide.e). — A very handsome, 

 tall, herbaceous, terrestrial orchid, native of India and China. The leaves 

 are large, ovate-oblong, 9" X 4" with sheathing bases, imbricating 

 (overlapping) up to the flowers. Stems about 4 feet high. The flowers 

 are large in 3 to 5 flowered racemes, white, fragrant, with a long 

 spur and the side lobes of the lip very broad and pectinate (comb- 

 like). The plant was received in exchange from the garden of the 

 College of Science, Poona, through Professor Page, in July 1899, 

 and some more afterwards from the Superintendent, Empress Gardens, 

 Poona, in August 1901, and from Lanouli through Mr. Ghaswalla. 

 The tubers start into growth at the beginning of the monsoons, and 

 after flowering at the end of the rains, they gradually dry down and are 

 at rest in the cold and hot seasons. 



63. Ficus Paroelli,! Veitch (Urticace.e). — It is a large variegated 

 shrub of Polynesia. It is ornamental simply on account of its leaves 

 which are large, 8" X 5", hispid, oblique, oblong, acuminate, serrated, 

 bright green and irregularly blotched with ivory white, which give 

 the plant a striking appearance. It can be propagated by cuttings. 

 The plant was presented by the Superintendent, State Gardens, Baroda, 

 in December 1896, and thrives well here. This plant seems to be 

 grown in England as a decorative greenhouse shrub, but in South Africa 

 it is reported to be growing into a noble tree about 25 feet high. The 

 plants planted in the Victoria Gardens have not yet grown more than 

 about 6 feet high. 



• The generic name is derived from habena, a thong or strap, on account of the long 

 strap-shaped spur, aad (he specific name after Susanna, probably from its Heb. meaning 

 of lily. 



t The generic name is derived from the old Latin name akin to the Greek sfukon or suk&n, 

 a fig, and the specific name after Parcell. 



