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C. apJij/Ua (leafless). 2. White. June. 1817. 

 Evergreen twiner. 



austra'lis (southern). 3. New Holland. 



1820. Evergreen twiner. 



sinua' ta (wavy-edged). 3. Pale red. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1818. Ever- 

 green twiner. 



stftphelin'fo'rmis (Staphelia-formed). 4. Pur- 



ple. July. Cape of Good Hope. 1826. 

 Evergreen trailer. 



tomlo'sa (uneven). Yellow. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1820. Evergreen 

 twiner. 



STOVE. 



C. acumina'ta (taper-pointed). 2. Purple. 

 July. Coromandel. 1820. Tuber. 



africa'na (African). 6. Yellow. July. 



East Indies. 1823. Evergreen twiner. 



bulbo'sa (bulbous). 2. Red, green. May. 



East Indies. 1821. Trailer. 



dicho'toma (fork -branched). 1. White. 



July. East Indies. 1804. Evergreen. 



Slegans (elegant). 20. Purple. August. 



East Indies. 1828. Deciduous twiner. 



jifncea (rushy). 1. Yellow. East Indies. 



1822. Evergreen. 



Lu'shii (Dr. Lush's). Purple. Septem- 



ber. Bombay. 1833. Deciduous 

 climber. 



ocula'ta (round-spotted). 6. Green. Red 



spotted. September. Bombay. 1842. 

 Deciduous twiner. 



tubero'sa (tuberous). 8. Red, green. May. 



East Indies. 1821. Tuberous Pe- 

 rennial. 



vincwfo'lia (Vinca- leaved). 20. Purple. 



September. Bombay. 1837. Ever- 

 green twiner. 



Wri'ghtii (Dr. Wright's). 20. Green, pur- 



ple. August. East Indies. 1832. 

 Deciduous climber. 



CE'STRUM. (An ancient Greek 

 name for another plant. Nat. 

 ord., Nightshades [Solanace]. 

 Linn., 5-Pentandria, \-rnono- 

 gynia. Allied to Habrothamnus). 

 Cuttings in sand, in heat, in 

 April ; peat and loam. Of easy 

 culture. With the exception of 

 tinctorium, which is used for 

 dying, and the few others we 

 have selected, none are worth 

 cultivating, being chiefly poiso- 

 nous plants of no beauty. There 

 are fifteen other species. Those 

 we have described are stove 

 evergreen shrubs, with the ex 

 ception of C. roseum, which is 

 a greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 C. alatcrnoi' des (Alaternus-like). 

 6. Yellowish. March. Tri- 

 nidad. 1824. 



aurantl'acum (orange-coloured- 



flmcered). 3. Orange. Guatimala. 

 1842. 



C.latifo'lium (broad - leaved) . 6. White. 

 June. Trinidad. 1818. 



ro'seum (rose-coloured-^owererf) . 3. Rose. 



July. Mexico. 1839. 



subero'sum (cork- bar ked). 5. Sulphur. 



June. 1815. 



tincto'rium (dying). 4. White. May. 



Caraccas. 1823. 



CETO'NIA AURA'TA. Golden Rose 

 Beetle. This insect is the Scarabaus 

 auratus of some naturalists. The grub 

 is of a dirty- white colour, and the tail 

 end thicker and more highly glazed than 

 the remainder of its body. It is usually 

 found in decayed wood ; but being occa- 

 sionally discovered in the nest of the ant 

 under ground, where it seems to feed 

 upon the bits of wood of which the nest 

 is composed, it thence has the popular 

 name of ' King of the Ants.' After 

 remaining about three years in the larva 

 state, it makes a sort of cocoon of chips 

 of wood glued together by an excretion 

 of its own. In this it passes the winter, 

 and in June following emerges in the 

 perfect form. The rose beetle flies well, 

 with a considerable humming noise, 

 during the hottest part of the day, pass- 

 ing from flower to flower preferring, 

 but not exclusively, our roses. It robs 

 them of their honey ; but, not content 

 with this, devours occasionally their 

 nectaries, and the lowermost juicy por- 

 tion of the petals. Our drawing repre- 



