supplementary to Enc. of Plants and Hort, Brit. 367 



enough the very first year to ripen then- seeds. It will grow in any com- 

 mon garden soil, and seems to require no care in its cultivation. A bed 

 of it thickly planted is very pretty." (Bot. Beg., April.) 



CXG. Cinckonacese. Luciilirt gratissima is figured in the Botanical Ca- 

 binet for April, 1. 1 9 1 9. This shrub has fine large leaves, and these, with its 

 large pink very fragrant blossoms, produced in rounded panicles, render 

 it very beautiful and ornamental. " Our plant flowered in September. 

 It is difficult of cultivation ; the stove being too close for it, and the 

 green-house too cold. It may be increased by cuttings or layers, and 

 should be potted in loam and peat soil." 



CXCI. Corneas. Dec. 



401a BENTHA'^M/^ Lindl. {George Bentham, Secretary of the London Horticultural Society.) 



4. 1. Sp. 1. — 

 {ragifera Lindl. strawherry-fruiied ^ ... or 10 s\i Ysh E.Indies 1825. Leo Bot. reg. 1579 



A valuable addition to our collection of hardy shrubs. It is a very 

 handsome evergreen, flowering in great profusion during summer, and 

 producing an abundance of large globular reddish fruit in autumn. The 

 leaves are from 2 in. to 3 in. long, 1 in. broad in their widest part, and 

 tapered to each end. The flowers are terminal, congregated into globular 

 heads, and surrounded by an involucre 2 in. across when expanded, and 

 composed of four yellowish-coloured parts resembling petals. The flowers 

 themselves are greenish, small, and inconspicuous. The fruit, when ripe, 

 is of a reddish colour, a good deal resembling that of the mulberry, but 

 exceeding it considerably in size. The flesh is yellowish white, rather 

 insipid, but not unpleasant, although a little bitter to the taste. " The 

 plant seems to flower extremely well in common garden soil, and may be 

 increased with facility either by seeds or layers." This shrub flowered 

 and fruited last year, for the first time in Europe, at the seat of Sir 

 C. Lemon, Carclew, Cornwall, whose gardener, Mr. Booth, contributed 

 the drawing and description published. The plant was first raised in 1825, 

 in the garden of J. H. Tremayne, Esq., Heligan, Cornwall, from seed 

 received from Mr. Tremayne's relation. Sir Anthony Buller, during his 

 residence in the East Indies. Dr. Wallich has twice published this plant 

 by the name of Cdrnus capitata. Dr. Lindley remarks that " it differs 

 essentially from Cornus both in flower and fruit. Whether or not 6^6rnus 

 florida, which agrees with it in habit, is also a species of Benthamza, our 

 materials do not enable us to determine." (Bot. Beg., May.) 



CXCVI. Apocynece. 



S35. WRPGHT/J. [Bot. cab. 1929 



puWscens .B. C. downy * □ cu 4? f.mr. Gsh.Y Indian Islands, N. Holl. ... C l.p 



" This is a native of the Indian islands, and also of the tropical parts of 

 New Holland. It is a small shrub, with loose branches, and requires the 

 protection of the stove." (Bot. Cab., May.) 



CCXI. Scrophuldrince. § Anther-bearing stamens two. 



65. CALCEOLA'^RIA 28695 Uexherticlna. 



2 parviflbra Lmrf/. small-flwd. tt. i | or 2 my Y Valparaiso 1832. C p.s 1 Bot. reg. 1576 



A kind possessing some beauty, though less than others of the genus. 

 " From the seeds brought home by Mr. Cuming the specimen was raised 

 from which our figure was taken, in the garden of the Comte de Vandes, 

 in May, 1832. It requires an open border in a dry sheltered place in the 

 summer, and a well-ventilated green-house in winter." (Bot. Beg., April.) 



MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PlANTS. 

 CCXXXVIII. AmarylMQ3i. 



HERMrON£. CSw.fl.gar.2.s.l91 



aperticoruna Haw. spreading orange-crov^ned. ?f A or 1 ^p Y.O N. Africa ... O r.l 



An ornamental kind of polyanthus narcissus, closely related to the 



