BOTANY. 03 



SELECT ORAMENTAL HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 



The number of annuals and herbaceous flowering 

 plants in the Provinces, though considerable, is not pro* 

 portionate to the number of trees and shrubs. For the 

 accompanying notices, I have selected fifty of those pos- 

 sessing most interest to the florist. 



ELEGANT KCEMPFERA. 



Under every shady tree in Maulmain may be seen dur- 

 ing the rains, a pretty little pink flower resting on broad 

 green leaves, which W allien appropriately named "the 

 elegant koempfera." Though so abundant at Maulmain ; 

 it is scarcely seen in the southern provinces. 



Monolophus ehga?is, 



Kampfera clegans. 



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WHITE KCEMPFERA. 



During the dry season, a white-flowered species of 

 koempfera with a yellowish limb, is often seen lifting its 

 crocus-like flowers without a single leaf, on the most arid 

 spots in the jungles. 



Kmmpfcra Candida. 



FRAGRANT KCEMPFERA. 



This is the finest species of the genus, and is cultivated 

 by amateurs for its beautiful sweet-scented blossomes. A 

 nearly related species is indigenous in the Karen jungles. 



Kcempfera rotunda. 



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MELASTOMA. 



A species of melastoma with large gaudy purple petals, 

 and long yellow stamens, is a common weed. Its calyx 

 opens like a lid, and bears a fruit which in taste and 

 flavour strongly resembles the blackberry of temperate 



