upon the wall of a moist stove, where it quickly fixes itself, 

 and grows with great luxuriance. On this account the soil 

 in which it is grown is not of so much importance as the 

 atmosphere that surrounds it ; but a mixture of good loam and 

 vegetable mould is found to suit it best. It is as easily pro- 

 pagated as grown, striking freely either by layers or cuttings. 



Fig. 1 . represents an ovary with the oblique hypogynous 

 ring, and the large dorsal gland characteristic of the genus ; 

 a little to the right and lower down is an unnumbered 

 magnified view of the stigma. Fig. 2. represents a trans- 

 verse section of the ovary, with the double parietal polysper- 

 mous placentas. 



