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quite smooth ; the Cowers are produced in clusters from the 

 axils of the leaves, and are, deep red in colour, striped with 

 black, the inside of the tube orange. It blooms for a long 

 time through the summer months. Native of Borneo. 



^. fulgens. — A beautiful species, of very free-flowering 

 habit, with opposite, large, oblong-lanceolate acuminate 

 leaves, thick and fleshy in texture, and bright dark green in 

 colour. The flowers are very long, and produced in terminal 

 umbels ; they are bright crimoon in colour, the throat and 

 under side of the tube orange, and the lobes striped with 

 black. Native of Tavoy. 



-J?, grandiflurus. — The stems of this plant will root from 

 the under side ; the leaves are lanceolate in shape, smooth, 

 fleshy in texture, and dark green in colour ; the flowers 

 are large, deep crimson and orange' in colour, and freely 

 produced. It is found growing upon trees in the East 

 Indies. 



^E. Javanicus. — A beautiful species, producing an abun- 

 dance of its large bright red flowers, stained with yellow in 

 the throat; the leaves are dark green, opposite, ovate, and 

 somewhat fleshy. It comes from Java. 



./£". Lohbianus. — This is a very fine species, producing 

 rich scarlet flowers, which contrast beautifully with its dark 

 green fleshy leaves. It blooms during June and July, and is 

 a native of Java. 



^. longijiorus. — A beautiful kind, of free habit of growth, 

 and producing long scarlet flowers in great abundance during 

 the three, summer months. 



M. miniatus. — This is a native of Java, an island which 

 appears to be very rich in members of this beautiful genus. 

 The leaves are dark green and deshy ; the flowers are rich 

 vermilion, and freely produced, both in terminal umbels and 

 from the axils of the leaves, during June and July. 



