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Poinciana regia and 'pulcherrima, Duranta plumieri, BougainviUcea 

 glabra^ Plumieria acutifoUa, and the same Clerodendrons meet one 

 with tiresome monotony on every side, and nothing else. Splendid 

 exotics are within the reach of every one without much trouble 

 or expense, since the work has already been begun by a few. I 

 made many lists of the flowers in cultivation in the gardens of 

 the Straits Settlements especially, and I was equally astonished 

 and disappointed to find how meagre the catalogues were, and at 

 the endless repetition of the same plants. Combining these 

 together, the following list will give an idea of the floral adorn- 

 ments of the gardens of Malaysia. I shall take the opportunity 

 of making a few comments on some of the species as they occur. 

 Species marked "^ are naturalised. Where the species of an order 

 are few, several orders are grouped together. 



Nymphcea lotus, JV. pubescens, N. stellata, and Nelumhium speci- 

 osum are found in all gardens where there are ornamental waters. 



Magnolia fuscata, M. pumila, and Michelia champaca are in most 

 gardens cultivated for their fragrance. Bixa orellana, Pittosporum 

 undulatum, Portulaca grandijlora, Garcinia (many species), Ade- 

 nandra dumosa, Camellia japonica, Ahutilon venosum, Hibiscus 

 rosa-sinensis, Stigmaphgllon ciliatum, Canarium commune, Melia 

 composita. 



LEGUMiNOSiE. — Clitoria ternatea, Cassia fistula, Poinciana pul- 

 cherrima and P. regia, Ceratonia siliqua, Bauhinia (many species), 

 Amherstia nobilis. [This last forms one of the most attractive 

 things in flowering trees that is possessed by the East. Don is 

 almost justified in saying that when in foliage and blossom it is 

 the most superb object imaginable, not surpassed by any plant in 

 the world. It is probably a native of Burmah, and was found 

 originally in the garden of a Buddhist monastery. Yet its 

 native place is still uncertain. It is an unarmed tree some 40 

 feet high, with large abruptly pinnate narrow leaves with six to 

 eight pairs of leaflets, and long pendulous drooping terminal 

 racemes of showy flowers. These are very handsome, of fine 

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