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rsychotria jasminijiora, Hook. f. This is a handsome 

 Brazilian shrub, of the order Rubiacea}, placed by Linden, 

 by whom it was introduced under the generic name of 

 Gloncria. In habit it is compact, and clothed with light 

 green foliage, which upon the under surface is covered with 

 a white tomentum. The terminal panicles of pure white 

 flowers resemble somewhat the common jasmine, but the 

 corolla tube and lobes bear numerous white hairs, the 

 stamens protruding beyond the corolla. 



Mdia Azedarach, Linn. In its native habitat this plant 

 reaches a height of 40 feet, and is of economic and 

 medicinal value. It has several common names, as Bead 

 Tree, Pride of India, etc. The terminal and axillary 

 inflorescences are branched, and the flowers in bud are lilac, 

 changing to white as they expand. The segments of the 

 bipinnate foliage is deeply serrated. 



Others worthy of note are : — Streptosolen Jamesoni, 

 Miers., — a native of Columbia, introduced in 1847, is a 

 handsome plant, with corymbose panicles of orange- 

 coloured flowers ; Begonia goego'ensis, Veitch, — introduced 

 from Sumatra by Messrs. Veitch in 1882, is a very 

 ornamental foliage plant, with pinkish small flowers ; 

 Oncidiiim Crcesus, Rchb. f., — with small pseudobulbs, and 

 slender spikes of flowers having a large golden yellow lip, 

 is a Tropical American species, introduced in 1872; Tecoma 

 Smitliii, Hort., — this plant is an Australian hybrid between 

 Tecoma capcnsis and Tecoma stans, var. velutina, and although 

 a climber is for horticultural purposes grown on a dwarfed 

 system, and produces large terminal heads of yellow 

 flowers. 



