HORTUS VEITCHII 



floral segments; the central mass of pure white anthers a striking 

 contrast. 



This climber was introduced to cultivation through Thomas Lobb, 

 many years since, from Mount Salak in Java. 



CLERODENDEON CRUENTUM, Lindl. 



Gard. Chron. I860, p. 339 (Report of Show) ; id. p. 456, Lindl. 



Imported through Thomas Lobb, this stove species, with rich red 

 flowers, was exhibited before the Royal Horticultural Society in April 

 1860, and created much interest. 



CLERODENDRON ILLUSTRE, N. E. Brown. 



N. E. Brown in Gard. Chron. 1884, vol. xxii. p. 424. 



Introduced by Curtis, who discovered it in Celebes, the species is valuable 

 for the bright vermilion scarlet flowers on red branches in dense terminal 

 panicles. 



CLIANTHUS DAMPIERI, All Cunn. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5051 ; Gard. Chron. 1858, p. 476; PI. des Serres, 1850, torn. vi. p. 121 ; 

 The Garden, 1890, vol. xxxvii. p. 299, fig. 



This remarkable plant, commonly known as " Sturt's Pea," was 

 first met with in the dry sandy islands of Dampier's Archipelago, 

 North-West Australia, by that renowned navigator and buccaneer, 

 whose name it commemorates. In 1817 Allan Cunningham found it 

 in New South Wales, and later on Captain Sturt met with it in the 

 same region, growing on sterile bleak open flats skirting Prince Regent's 

 Lake. 



It first flowered in this country at Exeter, was exhibited before the 

 Horticultural Society of London at St. James's Hall on April 21st 1858, 

 and awarded a Silver Medal. 



COFFEA BENGHALENSIS, Eoxb. 



Bot. Mag. t. 4917. 



A native of the mountains of the north-eastern frontier of India, chiefly 

 about Silhet, and brought many years ago to Calcutta, where it was for 

 some time much cultivated under the idea that it was the real Coffee 

 of Arabia. The plant from which the figure in the Botanical Magazine 

 was taken was sent to this country by Thomas Lobb. 



COLEUS GIBSONII, Verlot. 



Gard. Chron. 1866, p. 432 (advt.) ; PI. Mag. 1867, t. 338; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1866, 



fig. 6 on col. pi. 



Coleus Gibsonii was found by the late John Gould Veitch in New 



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