CHAP. V. ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 4i3 



dantly, in small berries, ripening first pure white, and afterwards 

 deep scarlet. 



Paritium. 



P. tiliaceum. A small tree with heart-shaped leaves ; bears 

 nearly always large, hibiscus-like, sulphur-coloured flowers, 

 with dark-puce eye. 



Abutilon. 



1. A. Bedfordianum. A tall-growing herbaceous shrub, with 

 rich foliage of luxuriantly-green palmate leaves ; bears in the 

 Cold season very large, pendulous, eardrop-like flowers, with 

 folded petals of a pale orange colour, prettily pencilled with 

 brown lines. A very choice plant, and one of great beauty 

 when in full blossom ; very tender ; shelter from the violence of 

 both sun and rain is indispensable for it. It should be renewed 

 annually, which may be done either from seed or by cuttings. 



2. A. striatum. A smaller but more woody kind of plant than 

 the last, and one that will better bear exposure ; bears similar 

 flowers, but of about one-third of the size. To secure good 

 plants it is necessary to renew it annually from cuttings. 



3. A. marmoratum. Native of Mexico ; a small shrub, of 

 recent introduction into India, about four feet high ; produces 

 beautiful erect flowers, of the size and form of the Canterbury- 

 Bell ; rose colour, marbled with pure white veins. It produces 

 abundance of seed, plants raised from which come into blossom 

 in a very short time. 



4. A. Thompson!. Lately introduced ; remarkable for its 

 handsome foliage ; described as vivid green blotched with creamy 

 white and yellow, and said to be a twiggy variety of the last. 



POLYGALACE.E. 



Securidaca. 



1. S. virgata. A large, handsome, scandent shrub, with 

 elliptical leaves two inches long; if unsupported, of a very 

 sprawling habit, covering a large space of ground. Blossoms in 

 March with an unlimited profusion of sprays of lively rose- 

 coloured flowers, having much of the appearance of an Indigo. 

 Propagated by layers. 2. S. Brownei; 3. S. scandens. Plants 

 of these last two are met with in the Calcutta Botanical Gardens. 

 I have not seen them in blossom. 



