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preserved and will be exhibited later. A figure will be 

 found in the "Botanical Magazine," t. 7377. 



Scnccio Galpinii, Hook. Plants of this dwarf composite, 

 which has foliage covered on both sides with waxy bloom, 

 produced their orange-coloured inflorescences. In the 

 "Botanical Magazine," t. 7239, it is stated to have been 

 raised from seed sent by Mr. E. E. Galpin, of Barbertown, 

 in the Transvaal Eepublic, in May 1890, collected at the 

 top of the Saddleback Mountains, and flowered at Kew in 

 1891. 



Mimosa latispinosa, Lam. Is a native of Madagascar, 

 introduced in 1823. It has a climbing habit, the stem 

 bearing broad flattened spines and reaching a height of six 

 feet or more. The light green alternate foliage is the most 

 remarkable feature of the plant, owing to the broad white 

 spines that occur between each of the thirty, or more, pairs 

 of leaflets, each of which usually bears twelve pairs of pinn?e. 

 The few flowers in capitate terminal clusters are interest- 

 ing on account of their white stamens, and they possess a 

 hawthorn odour. 



Nepenthes hicalcarata, Hook. This Bornean species, 

 which has a remarkable pair of fangs projecting downwards 

 to the mouth of the pitcher from the base of the lid, is 

 now flowering for the first time with us in Edinburgh, and 

 Mr. H. J. Yeitch, of the Eoyal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, 

 informs us that it has only flowered once before, to his 

 knowledge, in this country. Our plant is a male, the 

 panicled inflorescence being a yard in length with numerous 

 staminate flowers. It was first introduced to this country 

 by Mr. E. W. Burbidge in 1879, being sent to Messrs. 

 Veitch & Sons, of Chelsea. 



Pitccdrnia Roczlii, E. Morren. Amongst bromeliads this 

 is one of the brightest coloured and most effective. The 

 many-flowered racemes, which are about a foot in length, 

 standing conspicuously above the foliage. The sepals and 

 petals are of a bright red colour, the stamens and pistil 

 just protruding beyond the petals, the stigma is slightly 

 violet coloured. Tt is a native of the Andes of Peru, and 

 was introduced to cultivation about 1882. 



Seshania exasperata, Humb. Under the name of aS*. 

 Favlcnfiis seeds of this leguminous plant were received from 



