No. 1091. 
XYLOPHYLLA ELONGATA. 
Class. - Order, 
MONOECIA MONADELPHIA. 
This curious plant is a native of the 
West Indies, and has not long since been 
introduced into this country. The flowers 
are situated on the edges of the leaves : they 
usually appear, in great abundance, in the 
latter part of summer and autumn, lasting 
for a considerable period. It has been 
finely represented by Jacquin, in the Hortus 
‘hoenbrunensis, 348. Sometimes it attains 
the height of five or six feet. 
The stove heat is constantly required for 
its preservation: it admits of increase by 
euttings, and should be p in peat 
earth and loam. 
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