Feb. 1894.] BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF EDIXBUllGIi. l7o 



Speciuieus of these and of the follo\Yiiig are exliibited : — 

 Aiioiganthus Ircvijlorus, Baker,— a pretty, spring flowering, 

 bulbous plant from Xatal. Eclgv:ortliia Gardncrii, Meissn., 

 — a shrubby, deciduous plant belonging to the order Thy- 

 melacaceie, with terminal inflorescences of yellow flowers, 

 inhabiting the regions of the Himalayas and China, often 

 called E. clinjmntlia, Lindl. Others most worthy of note 

 are Cdbomha aqiiatica, Aubl., — a long growing aquatic with 

 finely divided leaves, a native of Mexico ; Laclicnalia 

 tricolor, Linn., and L. Xclsoni, Hort. ; Cypripcdiuni villosuiii, 

 Lindl., and C. Hoolccra', Echb. fil., — a Bornean species; 

 Caraguata Zahnii, Hook., — a bromeliad from Central 

 America; Thunhcrgia laurifolia, Lindl. 



