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most beautiful appearance from its long pendulous racemes of 

 rose-coloured flowers; commonly to be met with along the 

 banks of the backwaters in Travancore." Little known, I 

 believe, on this side of India. 



3. B. acutangula. A large timber- tree. " Grows," Eoxburgh 

 says, " to resemble a middle-sized well-shaped oak, and bears at 

 the beginning of the Kains long pendulous racemes of scarlet 

 flowers." Common in most parts of India. 



Gustavia. 



G. augusta. A small but stately tree, allied to the preceding, 

 with magnificent foliage, the leaves being a foot or more long, 

 of oblong form, of a fine dark glossy green. A single plant of 

 it flourishes in the Calcutta Botanical Gardens. 



VACCINIACE^]. 

 Thibaudia. 



T. setigera. Sir J. Paxton observes, " A truly magnificent and 

 interesting shrub ; native of India. At its roots are immense 

 thick fleshy nodosities, which coil round the trunks of trees on 

 which they fix, or adhere to some portion of rock in a surprising 

 manner. Any light soil suits it. Its small fibrous roots should 

 only just be covered." Occasionally met with in the Calcutta 

 gardens. Comes into blossom in January and February with 

 clusters of very rich and handsome tubular red flowers, in form 

 like those of a Heath, an inch long ; the leaves resemble those 

 of the Oleander, but are smaller. 





CINCHONACE^E. 



Serissa. 



S, foetida. A very pretty small shrub, about two feet high, 

 with very small dark-green shining leaves ; native of China ; 

 nearly always in blossom with its sparkling very double white 

 flowers, of the size of a shirt-button, which, when bruised, emit a 

 detestable smell. Single-flowered specimens are also to be met 



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