148 STOVE PLANTS. 



greenhouse. It is a plant whioli should be in every oollee- 

 tion ; for the particulars of its culture, see Qloriosa, to which 

 it is nearly allied. Native of South Africa. 



Manbttia, 



A pretty genus of Eubiaceous plants, consisting mostly of 

 climbers, and all of very easy culture. They should be potted 

 in a mixture of peat, loam, and sand, in equal parts, trained 

 upon a wire trellis, or on a piUar or rafter. They are neat- 

 growing and really handsome plants. 



M. cordifolia. — This pretty climbing plant has ovate leaves, 

 cordate at the base, and slightly pubescent on both sides. 

 The flowers are tubular, about an inch long, bright scarlet, 

 and produced in great profusion. Native of Brazil. 



M. micans. — A very fine and distinct species, forming a 

 strong climber, the leaves, when fully developed, being as 

 much as three inches long, smooth, somewhat ovate-lanceolate 

 in shape, and of a bright green colour. The flowers are very 

 freely produced, and of a bright orange scarlet. Native of 

 Mayna, in Peru. 



Meyenia. 



When speaking of Ancylogyne, we remarked that the order 

 Acanthacem contained many beautiful and highly decorative 

 plants, well worthy the cultivator's attention, and none of 

 them is more so than the representatives of the present genus 

 named below, — lovely free-flowering stove plants, which in 

 their native country grow from sis to eight feet high, though 

 we find it quite possible to have them in flower when only a 

 foot high, being so easily managed, and so readily submitting 

 to the pruning-knife. The soil which we find best suited for 

 their culture is good decayed leaf mould and peat, with a 



