In the rocky ravines of Hong Kong, it is deluged 
white growing, and that of Devonshire when at rest. 
vvifh torrents of water, and forced by a vehement heat into luxuriant growth; at 
become e\] (] to as much as 120° of direct sunheat, while ripening its wood; 
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iline mattei is may be yielded to water by the decomposition of the granitic soil. 
We should add, that the accompanying figure hardly does justice to the plant itself, the panicle 
• I' flowers, copied by our artist, having been in reality nearly a foot in diameter. 
Another s] eies, the skyblue Adamia (A. cyanea), is in cultivation, and has been figured in the 
Botanical Magazine. But it is far inferior to tliis in beauty; the flowers being whole-coloured, 
a bad violet, and not half the size. It would, however, redeem its character if it could be made to 
form i berries, which Dr. Wallich describes as appearing on the open rocky mountains of Nepal, in 
eat profusion, of a deep blue colour, and rendering the plant "an object of great elegance. 
It w;is to that species, named cyanea because of its blueness, that the denomination Adamia was 
firsl given by Dr. Wallich, in commemoration of the eminent services rendered to Indian science 
by his friend John Adam, Esq, formerly President of the Supreme Council of Calcutta. We have 
before wo more species of the same genus, one of which found in Java, by Mr. Lobb, is probably 
the <>//> is sylratica of Reinwardt, and must be more than a rival to the present plant. We believe, 
however, it never reached England alive. 
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