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EPIGTNIUM LErCOBOTEXS. 



NOTES ON NEW PLANTS. 



EPIGYNIXTM LECCOBOTBTS. 



A Very ornamental-fruited cool green- 

 house or .conservatory shrub, two to four feet 

 in height, with glossy oblong leaves in sub- 

 verticellate clusters or zones, of a free 

 vigorous growth and branching habit. The 

 flowers are produced from the extremities 

 of the shoots, in numerous terminal pen- 

 dent racemose spikes of conical or penta- 

 gonally-formed white blossoms, which are 



succeeded by gracefully drooping spikes 

 of snow-white berries, very beautifully 

 adorned at the tip with a jet black ring, 

 having a black dot in the centre, and out- 

 ward of each such ring are five small, 

 distant, yet distinct jet dark ray-like spots, 

 like jewels set round a ring. 



It would perhaps be impossible to point 

 out a more unique and elegant feature 

 than is shown in the fertility of this ex- 

 tremely interesting shrub, -which is, bo 



