ASPAEAGUS PLUMOSUS, Baker. 



Baker in Jour. Linn. Soc. vol. xiv. 1875, p. 613 ; Masters in Gard. Chron. 1878, 



vol. ix. p. 527. 



This popular plant, introduced from South Africa by Christopher Mudd, 

 is commonly known as the Asparagus Fern, and is in great request for all 

 floral decoration. 



ASPAEAGUS EACEMOSUS, Willd. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1880, p. 19. 



A climbing species of elegant habit, introduced from Mauritius through 

 Charles Curtis. An admirable subject for covering pillars or trellises in 

 the conservatory or warm greenhouse ; the slender branchlets and sprays 

 of glossy green are ever effective. 



BAEBACENIA SQUAMATA, Paxt. 



Paxt. Mag. Bot. vol. x. p. 75 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4136 ; Fl. des Serres, 1847, p. 266 ; Gard. 

 Chron. 1890, vol. viii. p. 409, with fig. 



A pretty species of the monocotyledonous genus Barbacenia, with fine 

 orange-red flowers produced singly on slender scapes, introduced from the 

 Organ Mountains of Brazil through William Lobb in 1841. 



BAELEEIA PEIONITIS, Lindl. 



N. B. Brown in Gard. Chron. 1883, vol. xix. p. 339. 



A pretty acanthaceous soft-wooded plant, re-introduced to Chelsea from 

 Sumatra through Curtis, with opposite lanceolate acuminate leaves with 

 axillary spines, and terminal spikes of yellow flower : though previously 

 in cultivation, it had been lost. 



BEFAEIA ^ISTUANS, Linn. 



Syns. Bejaria cestuans, Mutes. 

 Gard. Chron. 1848, p. 119, with fig. ; Bot. Mag. t. 4818. 



Detected by William Lobb in Peru, in the province of Chochapoyas, at 

 an elevation of 8,000 ft. 



It was called sestuans, as the flowers glow like fire, and somewhat 

 resemble a Ehododendron ; of a beautiful deep rose-colour, they are borne 

 in corymbs terminating the branches. 



BEFAEIA CINNAMOMEA, Lindl. 



Gard. Chron. 1848, p. 175. 



An ericaceous greenhouse shrub, with purple flowers, introduced 

 through William Lobb in 1847, from the Andes of Peru, with the leaves 

 remarkable in that they are covered on the lower side with a light-brown 

 wool ; it is named the Cinnamon Befaria. 



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