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and pendulous, bearing a profusion of large deep rosy-scarlet 

 flowers. Native of Caracoas. 



B. cocdnea. — Leaves with two or three pairs of somewhat 

 oblong-acuminate leailets ; it produces its fascicles of bright 

 scarlet flowers in July and August, and grows from six to 

 ten feet high in its native woods of Venezuela. 



B. grandiceps. — This species is said to attain a great 

 height ; it produces from eight to ten or more pairs of 

 oblong-lanceolate leaflets. The branches and footstalks are 

 downy. The large capitate heads of red flowers are pro- 

 duced in July and August. It is a native of the mountain 

 woods of Caraccas. 



B. latifolia. — A fine shrub ; leaves bearing from one to 

 three pairs of ovate and very sharply pointed leaflets. The 

 flowers are bright red, borne in very dense fascicles. It 

 grows about six feet in height, and is a native of Trinidad. 



BUBBIDGEA. 



This is an entirely new genus, named in honour of Mr. F. 

 W. Burbidge. It belongs to the natural order Zingiberacse, 

 and the growth somewhat resembles the genus Hedychium. 



B. nitida. — This, the only species at present described, was 

 introduced by Mr. F. W. Burbidge from Borneo, where he 

 found it growing at an elevation of 1,000 to 1,500 feet. Its 

 flowers are produced upon slender stems in panicles of twelve 

 to twenty flowers of a rich orange scarlet. 



BUKOHELLIA. 



This is a small genus of Rubiacem. The known species 

 are all moderate sized shrubs, remarkable for their handsome 

 flowers. BurchelUas are natives of South Africa, and may 

 be grown in a cool stove, where they will form objects of 



