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linear phyllodes, and solitary axillary spikes. Introduced 

 in 17S0. 



The Camellias have also been very showy, the colours 

 ranging from dark red to pure white, about twelve varieties 

 of which we are able to exhibit. 



Dekerainia svmragdina, Decne. Is one of the small 

 number of plants which bear green flowers. The plant 

 under notice is a member of the order Myrsinacete, being a 

 native of Mexico. In habit it is a small, compact-growing 

 shrub with dense foliage, the oblong lanceolate leaves 

 covered with brown hairs. The flowers are borne in 

 clusters towards the apex of the growths, being scarcely 

 discernable amongst the green foliage where they are con- 

 cealed. The flowers are about two inches in diameter. 

 Formerly known under the name of Theophrasta smaragdina 

 it was first introduced in 1876, and this is probably the 

 first time of flowering in this garden, the plant exhibited 

 having been received from Kew during 1893. 



Lcdia harpophylla, Echb. fil. A slender-growing plant, 

 till recently rare in cultivation, the flowers having an un- 

 usual colour amongst orchids. In Messrs. Veitch's " Manual 

 of Orchidaceous Plants " it is said to have first flowered in 

 1867, and that, although introduced from Brazil, no record 

 was obtainable as to the locality. 



Amongst the others worthy of note are : Tillandsia 

 splendcns, Brongn., — a native of British Guiana, with bright 

 purple bracts ; Phyllodadus rlioinboidalis, Eich., — a coni- 

 ferous tree, growing to a height of sixty feet in iSTew 

 Zealand ; Illicium jioridanum, a brightly coloured magno- 

 liaceous plant, introduced from Florida in 1771 ; Pilocarpus 

 pennatifolius, Lem., — a Brazilian plant furnishing the jabor- 

 andi of commerce ; Brunsfclsia latifolia, Benth. ; Ccelogyne 

 tcstacca, Lind. ; Bendrohium primulinuin, Linn. ; and Phalos- 

 nopis Schilleriana, Echb. fil. 



