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for cultivation, still remain to be introduced to our Gardens 

 from the Organ Mountains. 



1. Prepusa connata, Gardn. 



2. Prepusa Hookeriana, Gardn, ^Both of these species were 

 introduced alive by me to England, but were soon lost. They 

 are both beautiful plants, belonging to the natural order of Gen- 

 tians. They will only succeed in the greenhouse in a peaty soil 

 kept moist, but at the same time well drained. 



3. Salvia Benthamiana, Gardn. — A fine shrub about three 

 feet high, with nearly orbicular leaves, and large scarlet flowers. 



4. Salvia rivularis, Gardn. — SufFruticose, and about four 

 feet high. Flowers large and scarlet. 



5. Escallonia oi'ganensis, Gardn. — A very handsome shrub, 

 about four feet high, producing dense panicles of rose-coloured 

 flowers. 



6. Boicmannia verbascifolia, Gardn.^ — A fine herbaceous plant 

 about four feet high, with a large loose panicle of orange flowers, 

 belonging to the 3Iutisia group of Composites. 



7. Lavoisiera imbricata, D. C. — This is one of the beautiful 

 Melastomaceous shrubs, with small leaves and large flowers, whicli 

 are so common in the Gold and Diamond districts of Brazil. It 

 grows naturally gregariously in a moist peaty soil. 



8. Siphocajiipijlus diiploserratus, Pohl. — A fine subscandent 

 species, with large flowers. 



9. Naposanthus brazilie?isis, Gardn. — A fine little suffruti- 

 cose plant, belonging to the Cyrtandreous division of Gesnerads, 

 and remarkable as being one of the only two plants belonging to 

 this tribe that are natives of the American continent. In ap- 

 pearance it is not unlike a species of Sfreptocarpus. 



10. Citrosma obovatum, Gardn. — A small shrub, worthy of 

 being introduced, not only as a botanical curiosity, but for the 

 rich lemon odour of all its parts. 



11. Talauma fragra7itissima, Hook. — A fine large tree be- 

 longing to the natural Order of Magnoliads. The flowers are 

 large, pale-yellow, and powerfully odoriferous. It grows natu- 

 rally in moist swampy places, and not unfrequently flowers when 

 not more than ten or twelve feet high. 



12. Passiflora speciosa, Gardn. — A climber, with large scarlet 

 flowers from four to six inches in diameter. 



There are besides these, many fine Composites, Cinchonads, 

 Myrtle-blooms, Melastomads particularly Pleromas, Bignoniads, 

 Begoniads, Ferns, &c., well deserving the attention of cultivators. 

 The first eight species of this list grew at such an elevation as to 

 entitle them to be considered greenhouse plants. 



