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charum ofiicinarum, three species of Musa, Coccoloba micros- 

 tachya, pubescens, punctata, uvifera, excoriata, two Lantana 

 rubra, one of which was very large, several plants of Lantana 

 chinensis; Ardisia paniculata; Urania speciosa; Calamus niger; 

 ChamaeVops flexilis, some new arums, superb specimens of Ix- 

 ora; Pothos cordata; Bromeh'a Kardtas, with fruit more than 

 eight inches diameter, several plants of Pancldnus odoratissima, 

 two of great size; twenty or more of the Zamia, of which Z. 

 horrida was four feet high and thirty nine-inches circumference; 

 nearly all the species of Strelitzia and one very large specimen 

 of S. Juncea; Croton pictus, discolor, &c; Passiflora alata, 

 princeps, glauca, &c. &c. Dracae^na brasiliensis, picta, termi- 

 nalis, paniculata, draco, the latter above twelve feet high, and 

 which, in 1834, produced a panicle four feet long, with several 

 fertile flowers and a great quantity of seed; Cocos nucifera, £Ila- 

 te sylvestris; Thrinax parviflora; Coffea arabica, jEuphorbm 

 latifoha; several very large plants of Crinum amabile; Crinum 

 scabrum, Brousonneti, and a great many new and rare ones, sent 

 from Brazil, by M. Crabbe, in 1834; Jfyrtus Pimenta^ Aletris 

 fragrans, Phyllanthus grandiflorus; jPicus citrifolia, elastica, 

 populifolia, &c., Tamus, species unknown, of enormous dimen- 

 sions, from Mexico; Cycas revoluta, two specimens, very 

 large; a variety of Astrapae^a Wallichw, with white flowers, 

 from twelve to fifteen feet high; Astrapse^a pubescens; Cycas 

 circinalis; two Cactus [Cereus] speciosissimus, one of which, 

 in 1835, produced seventy or eighty flowers; a collection of six- 

 ty species and varieties of .Amaryllis, Litta^^rt geminiflora, which 

 flowered in 1834, having a stem twelve feet long, and covered 

 with more than twelve hundred flowers; an unknown species of 

 Ardisia, from Brazil; Dillenia speciosa; the different species of 

 Mimosa and of Theophrasta; a great number of other splendid 

 plants, besides a large shrub, in appearance belonging to the J\h\- 

 vacese or to some kindred family, raised from seed brought from 

 Brazil in 1814 or 1815. 



A small stove also contains a multitude of rare plants: espe- 

 cially would we mention a numerous collection of the Orchida- 

 ceae, which on flowering exhibited several new species, and in 

 some instances new genera, from the latter of which M. Du- 

 mortier has established Maelenia paradoxica, a merited tribute to 

 the zeal of the proprietor of these gardens. 



The collection of succulent plants in this stove contributes in 

 no small degree to its value. The Cacti are not less than three 

 hundred. The Cereus are scarcely less numerous; among these, 

 several C. senilis of great rareness; an hybrid Epiphyllum, ob- 

 tained, by M. Vandermaelen, from the fecundation of Cereus 

 speciosissimus with the pollen of Epiphyllum Ackermdni; Me- 



