Notes and Gleanings. 



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NOTES AND GLEANINGS FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES. 



DiPLADENiA BOLIVIENSIS. — Allied in many respects to Dipladcnia urop/iyl- 

 la, the new species, which we now introduce to the notice of our readers, is a 

 perfectly distinct plant, and a welcome addition to our stove climbers. It differs 

 from the species just referred to in its leaves, which are less strongly acuminate, 

 and its flowers, which are white, and have a more slender tube. It is, in fact, a 



DIPLADENIA BOLIVIENSIS. 



white Dipladenia, with flowers corresponding in size with those of the species 

 above named. 



Dipladenia boliviensis forms a compact, climbing, glabrous shrub, with slender 

 stems, oblong acuminate, smooth leaves of two or three inches long, subterminal 

 or axillary racemes of three or four flowers, which are almost salver-shaped, 

 smaller than in D. crassinoda, and of a pearly white color, with a golden-yellow 



