CHAP. V. ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 569 



many species are natives of our Indian hills, but none, that I 

 am aware of, able to endure the climate of the plains. 



Medinilla. 



M. vagans. A small pot-shrub, very handsome from its dark 

 rich glossy leaves ; bears small crimson flowers, very numerous, 

 and somewhat like those of an Ardisia, seemingly not opening 

 well. A rare plant. 



Sonerila. 



S. margaritacea. A lovely small pot-plant, with oval-pointed 

 polished dark-green leaves, marked with rows of pearl-liko 

 spots, and with deep-red stems ; bears numerous small pretty 

 three-petalled pink flowers, with showy yellow anthers. Native 

 of the hills of India, and has been exhibited at the Calcutta 

 shows, but is a very rare plant. Several other species are met 

 with in Assam. 



Cyanophyllum. 



1. C. Burmanni. Suited only for the Betel-house ; as well as 

 2. C. magnficum, with leaves of exquisite beauty, deep-green, 

 velvety above, with three white nerves, and violet-purple beneath ; 

 one of the grandest of ornamental-leaved plants. 



Memecylon. 



1. M. tinctorium. A large woody shrub, or small tree, native 

 of the junguls of India; a very beautiful ornament to the 

 garden for its cheerful glossy foliage, as well as for its flowers ; 

 blossoms in March with very small, fragrant lilac flowers, 

 cleaving to the stems in compact little bunches, and covering 

 them in boundless profusion. Propagated by layers and by seed. 



2. M. capitellatum. Differs from the preceding only in that 

 its leaves are smaller, and that it is somewhat later in its 

 period of blossoming. 



MYKTACE^L 



Melaleuca. 



M. Cajeputi CAJEPUT OIL-TBEE. A moderate-sized tree 

 with pleasing, dark, evergreen, willow-like foliage, forming an, 



