



No. 



1895. 



APORUM ANCEPS. 



Class. 



Order. 



GYNANDRJA 



MONANDBIA. 







This curious plant was lately introduced, 

 by Dr. Wallich, into the garden of the 

 Horticultural Society, from whence we ob- 

 tained it. It is a native of swampy places 

 near rivers, in Bengal and Pegu, growing 

 upon trunks of trees. It succeeds with us 

 in a very moist atmosphere, suspended in 

 the stove in a pot with moss and fragments 

 of broken pots, and produces its flowers 

 from September to the end of the year. It 

 will increase by cuttings. 



There is a singularity in the form of this 

 little plant which distinguishes it from every 

 other of this wonderful tribe. It has the 

 appearance of a branching shrub ; the 

 leaves are all placed edgewise, presenting a 

 new form in the endless modifications or 

 matter by the Hand of our Almighty Creator 

 each of whose works is admirable, and a 

 of them abound in matchless skill and ini- 

 mitable beauty. 



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