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the order Bignoniacene, is a native of Brazil, introduced in 

 1848. It is a sturdy -growing plant, with glabrous stems 

 and foliage ; the leaves being trifoliate, or with two 

 elliptic leaflets and a tendril ; the inflorescences are in 

 terminal or axillary racemes of bright yellow flowers with a 

 trumpet-shaped corolla. The calyx bears large glands 

 upon the surface. When in full flower it has a handsome 

 appearance. A good figure may be seen in " Paxton's 

 Flower Garden," t. 2. 



Fagelia hihiminosa, DC. Belongs to the order Legu- 

 minosea?, and is of a twining or trailing habit, the slender 

 stems and trifoliate leaves being densely clothed with 

 clammy hairs. The axillary inflorescences bear generally 

 four yellow flowers, the keel tipped with dark brown 

 blotches. It is the Glycine hituminosa figured in the Bot. 

 Reg., 261. 



Others are : — Oiicidium Harrisoniamtm, Lindl., — dis- 

 covered on the Organ Mountains, Brazil, in 1832, a 

 small-growing species, with slender panicled inflorescences 

 of bright yellow, blotched with red flowers ; Bisa Lang- 

 leyensis x, Hort., — a hybrid raised by Messrs. Veitch & Son, 

 Chelsea, between D. tripetaloides and D. raccmosa, possessing 

 strong spikes of flowers tinged with a lilac tint ; Sdenijjcdium 

 nitidissimum, Hort., — raised by Xormau Cookson, Esq., 

 Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, the foliage is strong, and the 

 spike bears generally from three to four flowers of large 

 size, greenish-yellow in colour, the petals lengthened, and 

 shaded with dark brown striations ; Masdevallia ccmdata, 

 var. Shuttlcworthii, Echb., and M. caudcda xantliocorys, 

 Rchb., — both pretty varieties, from New Grenada ; Solaiuim 

 2}ensile, Sendtn., — a native of Demerara, with large pendant 

 racemes of dark purple flowers ; Columnea Schicdcana, 

 Schlecht, — the corollas of which are covered with glandular 

 hairs, the stems and foliage being also covered with 

 numerous purplish hairs. 



