STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS 



Seribu Mountains, Java, by Thomas Lobb, through whom it was intro- 

 duced. 



Apparently but a short time in cultivation, it is now not to be found 

 in any garden collection. 



IXOEA MACEOTHYESA, Teijsm. & Binn. 



Syns. I. Duffii, T. Moore. 



Bot. Mag. t. 6853 ; Fl. and Pom. 1878, p. 76, with fig. 



Discovered by Mr. Duff of the Sydney Botanic Gardens, in Ualan or 

 Strong Island, one of the Caroline group in the Pacific ; the plant pro- 

 duces a large truss of pure bright scarlet flowers, and is one of the most 

 imposing of all cultivated species of this genus. 



Specimens from the Sydney Botanic Gardens first flowered in England 

 in 1878. 



IXOEA SALICIFOLIA, Blume -, var. VAEIEGATA, N. E. Brown. 



N. E. Brown in Gard. Chron. 1882, vol. xviii. p. 71. 



This variety, with a feathered silvery grey band down the centre of 

 the leaf, was found on the island of Sumatra by Curtis, through whom it 

 was introduced. 



The type is widely spread among the islands of the Malay Archipelago, 

 but the variety appears to be restricted to the one on which Curtis 

 made the fortunate discovery. 



IXOEA x WESTII. 



Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xvi. p. 281 (Report of International Hort. Show at Manchester); 

 The Garden, 1892, vol. xlii. p. 496, pi. 886 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1882, p. 18. 



A hybrid raised at Chelsea by West from Ixora odorata, a white flowered 

 species from Madagascar, and I. amboinensis, one with rich vermilion- 

 scarlet blooms. 



The combination of white and scarlet has resulted in flowers of a 

 rich rose-pink, a character peculiar to I. Westii ; the noble size of the 

 flower trusses and their distinct and novel appearance make this hybrid 

 an important gain. 



JASMINUM GEACILLIMUM, Hook. f. 



Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xv. p. 9, fig. ; Bot. Mag. t. 6559 ; The Garden, 1881, vol. xix. 

 p. 628, pi. 279 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1881, p. 8, fig. ; Fl. and Pom. 1881, p. 23, fig. 



A charming white flowered stove species introduced from Borneo 

 through Burbidge, one of the numerous species found in Eastern Asia 

 and its many islands, the type of which, Jasminum pubescens, is a native 

 of India and China. J. gracillimum is the most distinct in its graceful 



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