r.— 2 Plants, No. i I, a Darstenia, from forests round Uelem, an. 



Sorra. The leaves are blotched with white. 

 B.—l Plant, Ko. 45. A species akin to the last, and from the same 1 

 }.— 1 Plant, P 10. A climber, with prickly stem, from near Bele] 



leaves are spotted with white. This plant in a plain .state is 



' All the above species grow in thick woods, wliere 



sp. : — from Mr. Wicks, gardener to W. Wilson 

 Saunders, Esq., Treasurer R.H.S., Eeigate. This was a fine- 

 looking succulent plant but not in flower. The leaves were 

 broad obovate, apiculate, glaucous, and of a purpurascent hue, the 

 extreme margin being pale green. It was thought to be most 

 nearly related to E. (lihhiflora, but differing in having obtuse 

 purple-tinted leaves. A Fikst-Class Certificate was given 



Cyrtomium caryotideum : — from the garden of the Society — 

 to which it had been presented by W. Wu.sox Saunders, Esq. 

 This was thought to be quite deserving the award of a First- 

 Class (Jertii ICATK in order to mark its merits. It was a moderate 

 sized, bold-looking pinnate species, with broad oblique serrated 

 pointed pinna?, the terminal one being unequally lobed so as to 

 resemble a Ictinet of the Caryota palm. It is a native of 



