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been taking a great deal of care of, ‘ Ludwigi; it has a very large 
root, 7 leaves, which are broader than those of oppositiflorus, and 
slightly hairy ; the scape is somewhat imperfect, being apparently 
unable to disentangle itself from the leaves which ensheath it, so 
that I cannot say what the thing may look like when the upper 
flowers open, scape with more than 28 (! !) flowers, spathes trans- 
parent (!) almost membraneous, rounded rather more than I have 
represented (figures not reproduced), flowers apparently with all 
the lobes equal, as in Java (!) not more than an inch diameter, 
colourless or semi-transparent, greenish-white ; if cuspidatus is a 
beast, this is the most wretched of beasts. I never saw so miser- 
able a thing; at the same time it is very curious. I am sorry 
that I have no psittacinus to try to cross it with at present, because 
its great number of flowers and its shape might possibly be useful 
elements to introduce into a completed cross, although in itself it 
is so miserable ; although I impregnated all the flowers on four 
roots of Watalensis, with the pollen of oppositiflorus, I doubt if 
I have one seed that will grow, although all the capsules were 
swollen to their full size ; in most of them all the seeds were mere 
scales, but on three or four of them were one or two seeds, which 
seemed about half the size of a good pwre one. This is very extra- 
ordinary, as the common cross, which is so easily produced, gives 
gondavensis, which itself is an abundant seed bearer when impreg- 
nated by its own pollen, or that of either of its parents. I hada 
very curious bulb in flower here, but some vagabond broke it off 
to-day. I have an idea that itis Amaryllis Banksiana, but it 
looks very like a Verine, but has 60 or 70 flowers; the strange 
part of it is that it flowers when in full leaf, like a Crinum, and 
I had impregnated it with C’. scabrum, in order to see if it was 
possible to form a cross between the genera. It was not so hand- 
some as A. Josephinic, but still rather pretty when in full flower. 
I send you some seed of Hibiscus Sidneyi by H. Richardson, H. 
Sidneyi is from heterophyllus, by splendens. I have called the 
farther cross Pyrmonti, because Pyrmont is out of Sydney, a very 
bad pun I know, but I gave the name because I thought that, 
having some sort of meaning, I should be less likely to forget it 
