MAY.] HOT-HOUSEOF REPOTTING, &c. 243 



pandurapfdlia have the handsomest foliage, and both 

 have scarlet flowers ; the appearance of the foliage of 

 this genus is the only object; the flowers are small, in 

 coarse disfigured panicles, and several of the species 

 have not been known to flower in artificial cultivation. 

 The seeds of/, curcas are often received from the West 

 Indies ; the leaves are cordate, angular, and smooth. J. 

 manihot, now Manihot cannabina, is the Cassada root, 

 the juice of which, when expressed, is a strong poison. 

 They are all easy of culture : want of strong heat in 

 winter will make them cast their leaves, but do them 

 no other injury. 



Justicia. A few species of this genus are fine showy 

 hot-house plants. J. coccmea has large terminale spikes 

 of scarlet flowers, blooming from December to March, 

 and a very desirable plant, of easy culture, and should 

 be in every collection ; it is apt to grow spindly, if not 

 kept near the glass. I.picta, with its varieties ; /. luci- 

 da and Lformosa, are fine shrubby species. /. speciosa 

 is a beautiful purple flowering herbaceous plant. 



KcBmpferia, an Asiatic genus of tuberose rooted 

 plants; none of them in our collections, except K. ro- 

 tunda ; the flowers come up a few inches above the pot, 

 without the leaves, in April and May and frequently 

 sooner; they are purple and light blue, partially streak- 

 ed and spotted ; leaves large, oblong, purplish coloured 

 beneath. The roots when dormant ought to be kept 

 in the pot without watering, otherwise they will not 

 flower freely. No bulbs or strong tuberose rooted plants, 

 will flower in perfection if kept moist when they are 

 not growing. 



