phytal) and therefore no one species in particular should be 

 so denominated. Certainly the first name should have been 

 retained ; but it would now produce more confusion to go back 

 to it than to acquiesce in the modern innovation. 



Fig. 1. represents a transverse section of the ovary, shewing 

 the curious double placentae ; 2. exhibits the same parts cut 

 longitudinally ; 3. is the entire pistil, with its glandular style 

 and funnel-shaped stigma. 



It not only requires a strong damp atmosphere during the 

 growing and flowering season, but afterwards it should be 

 rested ; not however in the way generally followed with such 

 plants, but by letting it gradually become much dryer, still 

 keeping it in the same temperature ; for it is a mistaken idea, 

 and against nature, to suppose, that plants cannot be rested, 

 without placing them in a much cooler atmosphere than that 

 in which they were grown : care should also be taken not to 

 rest plants directly after flowering, as is a common practice, 

 but to cause them to make their growth for the ensuing 

 season, and then to rest them in the way above stated ; espe- 

 cially if natives of a tropical climate. The species strikes 

 freely from cuttings, and flowers at various times of the year. 



