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spreading, striped with Llaek. Summer months. 

 Borneo. 



JE.fulgens. — Leaves large, ohlong-laneeolate, taper- 

 ing to a point, coriaceous in texture, bright green. 

 Flowers in terminal umbels ; upper half of tvibo 

 crimson, lower half orange ; limb orange-yellow, 

 striped with black. Summer months. East Indies. 



grandljiorus. — Leaves lanceolate, coriaceous 

 ;ind deep green. Flowers in terminal umbels, large, 

 rich crimson and orange. Summer months. 



JE. Javanicus. — Flowers long and tubular ; the 

 calyx is edged with red, and the tubes bright red ; the 

 throat rayed with yellow. Summer months. Java. 



JE. Lohbiam(s. — Leaves short, elliptic, dark green; 

 calyx large, purple ; tubes brilliant scarlet. Summer 

 months. Java. 



JE. Iour/[florus. — Flowers large, the tubes cvu'ving 

 upwards, becoming stouter towards the limb ; deep 

 jrimson. Summer months. Java. 



^E. speciosus. — This plant is not pendulous, but 

 somewhat erect in habit. Flowers in- terminal um- 

 bels of ten to twenty ; tubes long, rich orange-yel- 

 low, running into reddish-scarlet towards the top ; 

 the limb streaked with yellow and black. Summer 

 months. Java. 



tricolor. — Stems drooping ; leaves ovate ; the 

 Howers with shorter tiibes than most of the species, 

 deep red, the limb and thi'oat orange, the upper lobes 

 of the lip streaked Avith black. Summer months. 

 Boi-neo. 



Agalmyla. — A small genus of GesneracecB nearly 

 allied to JEschynantltHs ; the name comes from 

 agalma, " an ornament," and signifies its ornamental 

 appearance in its native forests ; treatment the same 

 as already recommended for JEschynauihus. 



A. staminea. — Naturally this plant is ei)iph;si:al : 

 it has large fleshy oblong-lanceolate leaves, some 

 six inches in length, and dark green; flowers axil- 

 lary^, in clusters of about twelve to fifteen, tubes two 

 inches long, bright scarlet ; stamens much exserted. 

 Summer months. Java. 



Allamanda. — -A genus of Apocunacccr', named in 

 honour of Dr. Frederick Allamand, of Leyden, who 

 was a professor of natural history in that university, 

 and who afterwards travelled in Guiana, and dis- 

 covered the first species {^A. cathartica). 



Allamandas are aU bold-growing and very free- 

 flowering ; all, with one exception, climbers ; and all, 

 with one exception, yellow-flowered. They form 

 splendid objects trained over a balloon-shaped trellis, 

 or upon the rafters or pillars of the stove, their rich 

 golden flowers keeping up a display for several 

 months. The soil best adapted to their wants is a 

 mixture of equal parts loam, leaf-mould, peat, and 



sand. They enjoy strong heat and moisture when 

 growing, both overhead and to the roots. To the 

 latter occasional applications of liquid manure will 

 be of the gTeatest assistance. After the flowering- 

 season water must in a great measure be withheld, 

 and early in spring, before new growth commences, 

 cut the shoots back to within a few eyes of the old 

 wood. 



A. Auhht 'd. — A long trailing plant, producing its 

 ol)long-lanceolate acuminate leaves in whorls ; these 

 are some six inches long, and bright green. Panicles 

 large and many-flowered ; corolla funnel-shaped ; 

 the limb campanulate, with large spreading lobes, 

 rich golden-yellow. Summer months. Guiana. 



A. cathartica. — Leaves in whorls, obovate, smooth, 

 and deep green. Flowers smaller than the jjreceding, 

 deep yellow. In its native coimtr^- an infusion of its 

 leaves is taken as a cure for colic. Summer months. 

 Guiana. 



A. grandijfora. — Although this species was the 

 largest-flowered at the time of its introduction, later 

 discoveries have eclipsed it ; still it is a very fine and 

 showy plant, its rich clear golden-yellow flowers being 

 distinct from any other ; the habit of growth is less 

 robust, and the leaves have a some^That glaucous hue. 

 Smnmer months. Brazil. 



A. Hcudcrsonii. — This plant is also called in some 

 gardens A. IVardJcana. It is a very desirable form, 

 being of close compact habit, and with a little atten- 

 tion to pinching the young growths it can be trained 

 in bush form, but is far more effective when allowed 

 to make long growths. Flowers very large, deep 

 orange-y^ellow, witb a much darker thi-oat. Summer 

 months. New Grenada. 



A. neriifoJia. — This species is a bush, and not a 

 trailer, with broad-oblong leaves and tenninal pani- 

 cles of yellow flowers, streaked "«ith orange. The 

 flowers are shorter and smaller than other species in 

 the family. Summer months. Brazil. 



A. mbilis. — Flowers nearly seven inches across the 

 spreading limb, of the very brightest yellow, and 

 delicately fi^agrant. The flowers are produced in 

 great profusion. Summer months. Brazil. 



A. Schottii. — Avery fine species with large flowers, 

 measuring six inches or more across, rich bright 

 yellow in colour, with a spot of white at the base of 

 the lobes of the limb. One of the very finest species. 

 Summer months. Brazil. 



Alloplectus. — This family consists of a few soft- 

 wooded plants with handsome flowers, belonging to 

 the Gesnerads, and is remarkable for the large colom-ed 

 calyx in which the flowers are seated. The name 

 comes fi'om alias, " diverse," and plcluin. " to plait," 

 in reference to the plaiting of the calyx. The soil 

 should be peat, leaf -mould, and sand. 



