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tube. A figure may be seen in the " Botanical Magazine," 

 t. 628. 



Clavija Ernstii, Hook, f,, inhabits the tropical parts 

 of South America, and is straight-stemmed with large 

 coriaceous glabrous entire leaves, in a crown at top. The 

 flowers are in drooping racemes, appearing upon the old 

 wood. 



Bucllia formosa, Andr. A Brazilian species introduced 

 to cultivation in 1808, now seldom seen in our gardens. 

 It is of a small spreading habit, with herbaceous stems, 

 and light green opposite ovate leaves, densely covered with 

 hairs. The inflorescences, 2—4 flowered, are axillary, rising 

 well above the foliage. The corolla is bright scarlet, the 

 tube being more than an inch long. 



Many others are still flowering, among which are 

 Cypripcdium Chamherlainianum, — a New Guinea species 

 imported a few years since by Messrs. Sander & Co. 

 Begonia " President Carnot," Hort, — one of the best 

 evergreen hybrids yet raised, with bold foliage and large 

 clusters of carmine flowers. The parents are said to be 

 B. olbia, Kerchove, and B. rubra, Bl. It was raised by 

 M. Crozy. Masdcvallia ignca, Echb., — a species from New 

 Grenada ; M. amahilis, Echb., — from the Andes of Peru ; 

 Miltonia Warszeiviczii, Echb., — introduced to European 

 gardens about 1868, has a remarkable lip of a reddish- 

 brown colour, margined with white ; Mcscmhryanthcmum 

 pitgioniformc, Linn., — one of the finest of the genus, with 

 large flowers of a brilliant yellow colour ; Saintpaulia 

 ionantha, H. Wendl., — a Central African plant, collected 

 on the Usambura Mountains, is small and low-growing, 

 with violet-coloured flowers, and belongs to the order 

 Gesneracea? ; Euadcnia eminens, Hook., f., — a capparidaceous 

 plant. 



