586 GARDEN PLANTS. PART II. 



the preceding, but with flowers which are nearly white, and 

 leaves of much larger character; blossoms in February with 

 deliciously-fragrant flowers, and continues for a long time a 

 delightful ornament to the garden. Vastly improved by being 

 well cut in after flowering. 



Leptodermis. 



L. lanceolata. A small shrub; bears, in September, small 

 lavender flowers of little beauty. 



Hamelia. 



1. H. patens. A tree-shrub of dense rich-green foliage; or- 

 namental for its boundless profusion of sprays of orange-coloured 

 blossoms, upon which numerous humming-birds are from morn- 

 ing to night for ever hopping, and inserting their little beaks 

 into each of the short pipe-like flowers to extract the nectar. 

 The sprays of flowers are intermingled with bunches of pea- 

 sized, blood-coloured berries, which, however, seldom ripen but 

 in the Cold weather, when they turn black. No plant is more 

 easily propagated either by cuttings or by seed. 



2. H. sphaerocarpa. A shrub of lower growth, stouter stems, 

 with larger and more showy orange-coloured blossoms, and with 

 rich verdant leaves, much larger and thicker than those of the 

 preceding ; the name assigned is apparently a misnomer, as 

 the fruits are egg-formed, and not at all spherical. This species 

 drops its leaves in the Cold season, and the branches, at that 

 time bare, are benefited by being cut in. 



Pentas. 



P. carnea. A small herbaceous shrub, very common, but a 

 truly beautiful plant; bears, in constant succession, Ixora-like 

 heads of rather small, pale-lavender-coloured flowers. Easily 

 propagated either by slips or by seed. 



Wendlandia. 



1. W. paniculata. A rather large woody shrub or small tree ; 

 bears in February, in great profusion, splendid large plumes of 



