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RicJiardia Eehmannii, N". E. Br. Tliis is a lovely little 

 Aroid, a native of South Africa, with narrow tapering 

 leaves about eighteen inches long, arising from an under- 

 ground rhizome. The inflorescence is small, and grows to 

 a less length than the foliage. The spathe is white, slightly 

 tinged with red at the margin. 



Acradenia Franldincv, Kipp. This plant is a member 

 of the Paitace?e, said to have been first introduced in 1845 

 from Tasmania. It is of a compact, shrubby growth. The 

 leaves are trifoliate, fragrant, and covered with small 

 glands. The flowers are white in terminal and axillary 

 clusters, the petals deflexed, and stamens alternate. 



Adenandra umhellata, Willd. Belonging also to the Euta- 

 cea3, this is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, growing to 

 a height of two or three feet. It is very free flowering, the 

 flowers — three to four in number — being produced in an 

 umbel-like manner at the apex of each shoot. The petals 

 are large white, with a purple streak running through the 

 centre of each. The leaves are small and alternate. 



Amongst others of interest may be mentioned : — Eutaxia 

 myrtifolia, R Br., — a pretty leguminous shrub, with 

 numerous yellow and brown flowers, introduced in 1803 

 from Australia ; Ca/itua huxifolia, Lamk., — an elegant, 

 slender, drooping polemoniaceous plant, introduced in 1849 

 from the Peruvian Andes, and figured in the " Botanical 

 Magazine," t. 4582 ; Hibbertia Recukli, Hort., — a small- 

 growing plant, with small yellow flowers, belonging to 

 the order Dilleniacese; Malpigliia coccifera, Linn., — possesses 

 small, solitary, pink flowers and spiny leaves, growing to a 

 height of about three feet ; Arriieria latifolia, Willd., — 

 this pretty species was lately figured in the " Botanical 

 Magazine," from a plant flowered at Kew, received from 

 these gardens ; Marica Northiana, Ker., — a fragrant species 

 from Brazil, with livid, showy flowers ; Oncidium altissimum. 

 Smith, — introduced nearly a century ago from the West 

 Indies, bears scapes, sometimes 3 feet in length, carrying 

 numerous yellow flowers ; Tctranema mexicana, Benth., — 

 commonly called the Mexican Foxglove, a small-growing 

 plant, with short peduncles, the flowers lasting over a long 

 period ; Phalcenojms Luddemaniana, Echb. fil, — a native of 

 the Phillipines, introduced by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. 



