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Jiddia lateritia, Crotoii discolor, Mcdinilla venosa, Thcohroma 

 Cacao, Begonia sinuata, Cosius igncus, Bignonia jpurpurea, 

 Trichosanthcs anguina, Astclia BanJcsii, Strcptocarpus Diinnii, 

 JRhodochiton voluhile, Bauera riibioides, Tinea, ccthiopica, 

 Pitcairnca Andreana, Jatropha podagrica. 



On the table are exhibited plants and cut specimens, in 

 flower, of : Gordonia anomcda, Sprang. = Fohjspora axillaris, 

 Don. and Eoxb., — a free-flowering shrub, of the order 

 Ternsircemiacece, bearing white flowers ; it is a native 

 of Tropical and Sub-Tropical Asia, introduced in 1816. 

 Callicarpa p)i''rpurea, — a native of India, bearing flowers in 

 cymose clusters, which are very insignificant ; but pro- 

 ducing berries of a deep glossy violet colour. Solanum 

 iSeafortliaiii}un, — a beautiful climbing plant, formerly 

 figured in the " Botanical Magazine " as >S'. vcnustum. 

 Introduced 1804. Mcdpighia glcdjra, Bardados cherry, — 

 coming from West Indies, where it is sometimes cultivated 

 for its fruit ; its flowers, of a light pink colour, are 

 produced late in the autumn from the axils of the leaves. 

 Glohha ScJwmhurgJiii, from Siam, and G. atrosanguinca, 

 from Bornea, — species of a genus of Scitamincce, remarkable 

 for the development of root-tuber-buds in the axils of the 

 . lower bracts of the spicate inflorescence. These are 

 commonly mistaken for the fruit of the plant, with which, 

 however, Lhey have no resemblance. Clerodendron nutans, 

 — a creamy-white flowered species. Gi/nura sarmentosa, — 

 a composite with dark-coloured phyllaries, and a peculiar, 

 rather off"ensive, odour in the flowers. Phyllanthus nivosus, 

 from South Sea Islands, — a very effective foliage 

 euphorbiaceous plant. 



