A 14 GAKDEN PLANTS. PART II. 



SAPINDACE^G. 

 Kolreuteria. 



K. paniculata. Mrs. Loudon describes this as "a middle- 

 sized tree, native of China ; very ornamental from its large, 

 variously-divided foliage, and its conspicuous terminal compound 

 spikes of rich yellowjflowers." Dr. Voigt mentions it as existing 

 in the Calcutta Botanical Gardens, but I have been unable to 

 meet with it there. 



Dodonaea. 



1. D. dioica. An exceedingly pleasing, evergreen, large bushy 

 shrub, with foliage strongly resembling that of the Arbutus. 

 Flowers pale green and insignificant. It thrives well in the 

 North- West Provinces, where its large expanse of cheerful 

 green foliage is very refreshing to the eye. Propagated by seed, 

 which it bears abundantly. 



2. D. Burmaniana. Presents very little difference to the last, 

 except that its leaves are somewhat larger. 



Filicium. 



P. decipiens. Native of Ceylon ; a tree of considerable size 

 and of extreme beauty, remarkable for the resemblance its 

 foliage bears to the fronds of a Fern, hence its name ; met with 

 in the Calcutta Botanical Gardens, but, I believe, not elsewhere 

 about Calcutta. 



MALPIGHIACE^E. 



Malpighia. 



BARBADEOS CHERRY. 



A genus of very ornamental small shrubs ; propagated easily 

 by cuttings. The undermentioned are common in Calcutta 

 gardens: 



1. M. glabra. A small shrub with very agreeable foliage of 

 oval, pointed, smooth, shining deep-green leaves, three inches 

 long ; bears in May and November, from the axils of its leaves, 

 numerous little umbels of small, pretty pale-purple flowers, with 

 a knob of yellow anthers in the centre. 



2. M. urens. A small shrub with dark-green myrtle-like 



