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goes. The priests soaked him with paraffin, and 
burnt him on a table—perhaps their altar. M. 
Humblot himself has had awful experiences. He 
was attached to the geographical survey directed 
by the French Government, and ten years ago he 
found Phajus Humblotit and Phajus tuberculosus 
in the deadliest swamps of the interior. A few of 
the bulbs gathered lived through the passage home, 
and caused much excitement when offered for sale 
at Stevens’ Auction Rooms. M. Humblot risked 
his life again, and secured a great quantity for 
Mr. Sander, but at a dreadful cost. He spent 
twelve months in the hospital at Mayotte, and on 
arrival at Marseilles with his plants the doctors 
gave him no hope of recovery. P. Humblotit isa 
marvel of beauty—rose-pink, with a great crimson 
labellum exquisitely frilled, and a bright green 
column. 
Everybody who knows his “ Darwin” is aware 
that Madagascar is the chosen home of the 
Angrecums. All, indeed, are natives of Africa, 
so far as I know, excepting the delightful A. falca- 
tum, which comes, strangely enough, from Japan. 
One cannot but suspect, under the circumstances, 
that this species was brought from Africa ages 
ago, when the Japanese were enterprising seamen, 
and has been acclimatized by those skilful horti- 
