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flowers small, white, and unpretending. Ornamental for its 

 delicate and densely growing foliage, which when bruised 

 emits a very sickly, disagreeable smell. Bears fruit abundantly, 

 resembling small green Gooseberries. 



9. P. Gontierii. A hybrid variety of late introduction, bears 

 flowers hardly to be distinguished from those of P. Middletoniana. 



10. P. holosericea. An extensive climber: leaves, formed of 

 three blunt lobes, pretty for the marking of their dull-red veins. 

 Flowers of a tawny colour, not very large, but borne in great 

 profusion, having a strong smell of honey. 



11. P. incarnata. Described as " a pretty thing of semi-her- 

 baceous habit : flowers pink." Formerly in Calcutta Botanical 

 Gardens, but since lost. 



12. P. kermesina. A slender-stemmed extensive climber, with 

 three-lobed leaves, having large ear-like stipules. Flowers of 

 moderate size, of a fine carmine crimson, display themselves only 

 where sheltered from the sun. A common plant in the gardens 

 about Calcutta, where it blossoms almost perpetually through 

 the Hot and Eain seasons. Sir J. Paxton says of it, " beyond 

 all comparison the most beautiful species in cultivation except 

 P. racemosa." 



13. P, laurifolia. A powerful, extensive, and rampant climber, 

 with dense handsome foliage, of rich-green, glossy, laurel-like 

 leaves, and fine large blue fragrant flowers. 



14. P. Loudoni. Bears brilliant crimson flowers. One of the 

 choicest of the species, but altogether unknown in this country, 

 I believe. 



15. P. lunata. A most extensive climber, remarkable for its 

 curious crescent-formed leaves ; bears constantly in great pro- 

 fusion early in the morning greenish-yellow flowers of moderate 

 size. Of no great merit. 



16. P. Middletoniana. A handsome species with fine red-and- 

 green three-lobed leaves ; bears in May very large, exquisitely 

 beautiful flowers, bright azure-blue with rings of pure white, 

 and of a fine fragrance. 



17. P. minima. Flowers small and insignificant, succeeded by 

 dark-blue berries much like Sloes : a mere weed. 



18. P. princeps. A handsome species, bearing scarlet flowers ; 

 has been introduced into this country, but found unable to 

 endure the climate. 



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