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flowered here. It is said to bear fruit in from 7 to 8 years after sowing 

 the seed. 



7. Gloxinia maculata,* UHerit (Gesnekace.e). A Sonth American 

 bulbous plant of a more hardy growth than the beautiful garden varieties 

 of Ginningia commonly known as Gloxinias. The leaves are shining green 

 above and reddish beneath and the flowers are large, tubular and purplish 

 blue. It thrives very well in Bombay in a greenhouse cr in partial shade. 

 The bulbs started in the beginning of the rains begin flowering at the end 

 of the monsoons. The bulbs were got in exchange in 1894 from the Superin- 

 tendent of the Baroda Gardens. 



8. Strobilanthes DYERiANUsf (AcANTHACEiE). A beautiful shrub, 

 native of Burma. The leaves of this plant are very ornamental, the upper 

 surface being dark green with bright purple bands between the ribs which 

 become whitish as the leaves become old, the lower surface being entirely 

 bright purple. It thrives well in Bombay in conservatories or in partial 

 shade. The plant was obtained in exchange in 1894 from the Superintendents 

 Baroda Gardens. 



9. Pentas carnea % Benth. (Rubiace/e). A handsome dwarf herbaceous 

 shrub from South Africa growing to a height of only about a foot and a half, 

 with soft bright green hairy leaves and beautiful heads of lilac or pale 

 lavender-coloured flowers. It flowers chiefly in the cold weather, occasionally 

 flowering afterwards throughout the year. It is easily propagated by cuttings 

 and from seeds. The plant was got in exchange in 1894 from Professor 

 Page of Poona. 



10. Buddleia Lindleyana,§ Fortune (Loganiace^). A very trna- 

 mental Chinese shrub of a graceful habit, with angular branches and ovate, 

 Sf^rrate leaves and long spikes of pale-pink or violet flowers. This plant 

 was also obtained in 1894 from Professor Page of Poona and thrives 

 well in Bombay, flowering from February onwards throughout the hot 

 and the rainy seasons. 



11. Strychnos nux-vomica,|| Linn. (Loganiace^e), Kdjra or Kuchla- 

 This is a tree about 40 feet high found throughout tropical India. The 

 seeds of this tree are a well-known commercial product which yields one 

 of the most powerful of poisons, viz., strychnia. The plants were grown 

 in the Victoria Gardens from seeds obtained from Goa in 1895. They 



* It is named after Btnj. Petr. Gloxin, a botanist of Colmar, and from macula, spot, the 

 stem of the plant being spotted. 



■]• The name ie derived from strohilos, a cone, and anthos, a flower, from the form of its 

 inflorescence in a young state. 



J T be name is derived from /)e«<e, five, rjfe'ring to the generally pentamerous airange- 

 ment of the flowers, and carneus, of flesh or flesh-coloured. 



§ It is named after Adam Buddie, an English botanist, and after the celebrated botanist 

 Lindley. 



[ The name iB derived from strychnos, an old Greek name of some solanaceous plants 

 now applied to thii genus of Loganiacea?, and from nux, a nut, and vomcre, to vomit. 



