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RHINANTHERA 



flower of the one which may perhaps be regarded 

 as the foremost of the tribe, and, in point of floral 

 beauty, the foremost of the whole vegetable king- 

 dom, though it is almost an absurdity to attempt 

 any sort of representation of the gem of flowers 

 in a little wood- cut. 



RHINANTHERA COCCINBA. 



Rhinanthera Coccinea is perhaps found in the 

 greatest perfection in the woods of Cochin China, 

 though it is common in China, and much employ- 

 ed there in the ornamenting of apartments. But 



