NOVEMBER. 



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jrEschynanthus Pceli, found in the thick forests where 

 there has been no clearance, is perhaps a more briUiant red 

 plant than any of the gorgeous species previously met with. 



To these have to be added a rhubarb (Rheum nobile) of 

 most prodigious form, resembling a giantess flounced from 

 head to foot ; an oak (Quercus lamellosa) with magnificent 

 leaves, comparable to those of the Spanish chestnut, rendered 

 hard and evergreen, and acorns so woody as to render riding 

 unsafe where they have fallen in large quantities ; the Sik- 

 kim larch, now in our gardens, whicii appears to be tender 

 only when raised from seeds gathered at SOOO feet of eleva- 

 tion, but to be hardy if produced by seeds from 13,000 feet ; 

 and Vanda Cathcarti, a fine epiphyte, with great fleshy flow- 

 ers, streaked with cinnamon-colored bars. Such things as 

 these point unmistakably to the scene of a new collector's 

 labors ; and it is to be hoped that the East India Company 

 will forthwith despatch a skilful person in search of them. 

 The court of directors having liberally subscribed for thirty 

 copies of the work, every station of importance will be cer- 

 tain to possess it, and therefore the natives can have no diffi- 

 culty in understanding what it is they have to search for." 



289. Genetyllis tulipifera Hook. Tulip-bearing Gene- 

 TYLLis. (Myrtacess.) Australia. 



A greenhouse plant ; growins; two to three feet hish, with white and scarlet involucres ; appear- 

 inj ill spring; increased by cuttings ; grown in leaf mould, peat and sand. Eot. Mair., 1&>)5, pi. 4855' 



One f)f the richest of the recent acquisitions to our green- 

 house plants, forms a fine bush two to three feet high, and 

 produces a profusion of flowers ; " a specimen only two feet 

 ten inches high had from one hundred and fifty to two hun- 

 dred heads of flowers upon it. Each little branch is termi- 

 nated with a drooping richly colored involucre, resembling a 

 gay tulip, and which many, unacquainted with the family to 

 which the plant belongs, take for a large corolla ; whereas 

 they are but floral leaves, sheltering and completely conceal- 

 ing from view the real flower. It has the fine habit and 

 beautiful foliage of a myrtle, and the flowers appear at the 

 end of every shoot. The involucre or covering to the corolla 



