580 GARDEN PLANTS. PART IT. 



with, but not so common. Easily propagated by slips or cuttings, 

 or, it is said, by cuttings of the roots. 



Psyehotria. 



1. P. undata. A shrub of moderate size, with foliage of a 

 pale lurid green; bears in April and May compact heads of 

 greenish-white flowers ; not an agreeable plant. 2. cyanococca. 

 3. Chontalensis. 



Coffea. 



1. C. Bengalensis. A small shrub, exceedingly beautiful in 

 the month of February, when in full blossom, with its pure 

 white flowers, similar to but smaller than those of the White 

 Periwinkle, in such countless profusion as to produce a most 

 brilliant effect in the border. 



2. C. Arabica THE COFFEE-PLANT Kuhwa. A much larger 

 and taller-growing plant than the last ; bears flowers somewhat 

 similar, but rather scantily, and is not nearly so interesting in 

 an ornamental point of view. 



Pavetta. 



A genus of plants in general appearance hardly distinguish- 

 able from the Ixoras. 



1. P. Indica. A large jungul shrub, with large laurel-form, 

 dark glossy-green leaves, with white midrib. Its foliage is its 

 principal point of beauty ; bears in February trusses of dirty- 

 white rather fragrant flowers. 



2. P. tomentosa. A large coarse shrub ; bears loose heads of 

 white flowers of little merit otherwise than for their fragrance. 



3. P. Richardiana. A shrub with small neat foliage; bears 

 small white flowers of not much merit. 



4. P. diversifolia. A single plant of this, introduced from the 

 Mauritius, has been for some years past in the Calcutta Bota- 

 nical Gardens, where it seems to thrive well ; remarkably 

 ornamental for its large laurel-form, glossy leaves, which when 

 young are beautifully marbled. 



Ixora. 



A genus that comprises several of our most beautiful flower- 

 ing shrubs, the splendour of which, when in the full perfection 



