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III. On Plants in the Plant Houses, with Exhibi- 

 tion OF Specimens. By E. L. Harrow. 



The number of plants which have flowered in the houses 

 of Royal Botanic Garden during the month of April is 

 125. This is a large increase upon the month of March, 

 consequently there has been a much more showy appear- 

 ance amongst the inhabitants of the greenhouses ; the 

 colours of the azaleas, rhododendrons, and other early 

 summer flowering plants being especially brilliant. 

 Amongst those worthy of notice are : — 



Eugenia polyiKtala, Wight. This is an evergreen 

 shrubby bush, a native of India, where it is said to grow 

 to from twenty to thirty feet. The leaves are generally 

 produced in whorls of three or four, are six to eight 

 inches in length, and of a linear lanceolate shape, being 

 borne on very short petioles. The flowers are large and 

 solitary, arising upon the old wood. The number of petals 

 is from twelve to sixteen. At present the plant is very 

 rare in our gardens. 



Utricularia montana, Jacq. A native of the West 

 Indian Islands, this is probably the most handsome 

 species of this genus of Lentibularieae. The roots are 

 swollen into hollow green tubers, connected by small 

 fibres. The leaves are about six inches long, elliptic 

 lanceolate, gradually becoming narrower as they near the 

 petiole. The flowers are produced upon an erect scape, 

 which rises above the foliage, generally bearing from three 

 to four flowers ; these are spurred and two-lipped, the 

 lower lip being twice as large as the upper, and with a 

 yellow blotch about the centre. The plant grows upon 

 the damp mossy trunks of trees in its native habitats. 

 A fine figure may be seen in the " Botanical Magazine," 

 t. 5923. 



li'anunculus cortnsmfolln^, Willd. This is a very showy 

 species, which was introduced from Teneriffe in 1826, and 

 is a tall-growing kind, the flowers being large and of a 

 lustrous yellow, somewhat resembling the common butter- 

 cup. The foliage is dark green in colour, the radical 

 leaves being large, gradually becoming smaller as the stem 

 increases in height, all being covered with short hairs. 



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