while in the East Indies, in addition to the Luculia Gratissima, the 
_ barks of several species of the Hymenodictyon, yield febrifuge barks. 
In short, it may be stated, that of forty-four kinds of bark, which are 
used as substitutes for the Peruvian Barks, thirty-two are obtained 
from plants of the tribe of Cinchonacee. Nothing can more forcibly 
‘demonstrate the advantage of acquaintance with the natural method of 
botany, as it supplies a key to the knowledge of the properties of plants 
in every part of the globe. 
INTRODUCTION; WHERE GROWN; CuLtTurE. The first plant of 
this species which grew in Britain, was raised at Ashridge, the Seat of 
the Countess of Bridgewater, from seeds received from Nepaul. The 
specimen from which our drawing was taken flowered in the Green- 
house of the Messrs, Henderson, Nurserymen, of Pine Apple Place, 
London, in December, for which a prize was awarded by the Metro- 
politan Society of Florists and Amateurs. Much has been said regard- 
ing the culture of this plant. Some persons have found it rather diffi- 
cult of management, from the precise temperature which seems to be 
most suitable to its successful growth, being intermediate between that 
of the stove and the greenhouse. In general, however, a warm green- 
house, with frequent pottings, in a mixture of peat, sand, and loam, 
and the use of plenty of eet will ensure rapid growth and splen- 
did flowers. When young plants are required, cutti hould be taken 
of the half-ripened shoots, which will strike root in ond under a bell- 
glass, without bottom heat. They should not be exposed to the direct 
rays of the sun, nor be kept too moist. 
DeERIvATION oF THE NAMEs, 
Lucvtia, a Latinized form of the native name Lucuti Swa. GrRaTissIMA, 
superlative degree of gratus, sweet or grateful, to express the exquisite perfume 
flowers. 
SyNONYMEs. 
CixcHona Gratissima. Wallich in Roxburgh’s Flora eng I, 154. 
Mvussanpa Lucvria, Don, Prodromus Flore Nepalensis 
8, 
Lucunia GRatissmma, Decan dolle ae Regni vapebaise Vol. IV, 
p. 358. Sweet’s British Flower Garden, t. 
