No. 1893. 

 RONDELETIA SPECIOSA. 



Class. Order. 



P ENTA NDRTA MO NOG YNIA 



This brilliant plant is a native of the Ha- 

 vannah, whence we received it through the 

 kindness of our friend W. J. M'Leay, Esq. 

 in 1830. There is a figure in Jacquin's 

 Americana, which he calls R. odorata, closely 

 resembling this, possessing the fragrance of 

 violets, but ours has not the slightest scent. 



The flowers are exceedingly rich in co- 

 lour, and make a most striking appear- 

 ance, being quite as splendid as Ixora coc- 

 cinea, if not more so, although our speci- 

 men was by no means a strong one. 



It requires the stove, and should be pot- 

 ted in loam and peat : it may be increased 

 by cuttings. 



