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SUNDEW. 



There is frequently seen a delicate flower, so small that 

 it is passed unnoticed by most observers, which is a species 

 of drosera, that curious genus of the sundew tribe, which 

 produces Venus' fly-trap. There are two different spe- 

 cies at Tavoy. 



Drosera indica. 

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THE FRAGRANT ARUM. 



This is a most singular plant. It has a stem one or 

 (wo feet high and six inches in diameter resembling a 

 low palm, while its leaves are gigantic cabbage leaves 

 ihree or four feet long by two or three wide. The flow- 

 ers are said to be fragrant. The natives cultivate it not 

 for food, like the other species of arum, but, as they say 7 

 for medicine. 



Arum odor um. 



IUEBON-LLAVED PINE APPLE. 



This is a very ornamental variety of the pine apple that 

 has been introduced from Malacca. 

 Ananas striatifolia. 



PARASITICAL INCARVILLIA. 



This is an epiphytical plant with flowers resembling 

 the foxglove ; and when in bloom it is a great ornament 

 to the trees on which it grows, putting forth large, pen- 

 dulous brilliant blossoms. It is common at Tavoy, but 

 Was not known in Maulmain until I introduced it a few 

 years ago. 



sE salty nanthus parasiticus. 



lncarvillia. " 



CINNABAR COLOURED ERANTHEMUM. 



On the sides of some of the limestone cliffs in Amherst 

 Province this bright orange-scarlet flower is often seen ; 

 *nd it would be quite an addition to our gardens, in 



