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much swollen, and dark 

 brown; the flowers are 

 axillary and produced 

 near the top, these are 

 bright red and yellow, 

 with a tinge of green, and 

 very conspicuous. Very 

 little water during winter. 

 Summer months. East 

 Indies. 



I. repens— a trailing species 



with dark green leaves and 

 bright yellow flowers. All 

 the summer. Ceylon. 

 I. Sultanii — an elegant free- 

 growing plant, with flat 

 brilliant crimson flowers, 

 produced in the greatest 

 abundance all the season. 

 There is also a white 

 variety. Zanzibar. 



Isolepis. — A large family "belonging to the 

 Cyperacece, said to contain about 200 species, the 

 majority of which are not attractive. Propagated 

 by division, growing alike freely in stove or warm 

 green-house. The only one we here introduce, I. 

 gracilis, is a pretty plant with deep green slender and 

 pendent leaves ; it is largely used for decorative 

 purposes, for draping large pots, also as a basket 

 plant. 



Ixora. — This genus, which belongs to the order 

 Eubiacece, ranks among the most gorgeous of stove 

 shrubs. The name is said to come from Iswarra, the 

 Hindoo god, large quantities of the flowers of I. 

 coccinea being carried to the temples as an act of 

 devotion. Many of the finest are species intro- 

 duced from their native woods, while many others 

 equally good, or better, are of garden origin, which 

 are more hardy in constitution and require less 

 heat. Ixoras may be said to resemble a Laurus- 

 tinus somewhat in habit, with smaller opposite dark 

 green leaves ; the flowers are salver- shaped, that is, 

 consist of a long slender tube and a flat-spreading 

 limb, and are produced in large globose corymbs 

 during the summer months. Pot in peat, drain well, 

 supply liberally with water both to roots and foliage, 

 and keep them in a high temperature. 



I. amboynensis — corymbs 

 very dense ; flowers deep 

 orange. Amboyna. 



I. ambrosia— bright orange- 

 salmon. 



I. bella — light salmon-pink. 



I. Chelsonii — bright orange- 

 salmon, shaded with pink. 



I. coccinea- intense bright 

 red. Java. 



I. Colei— corymbs very glo- 

 bose ; pure white. 



I. coneinna — bright salmon, 

 changing to salmon-pink. 



I. decora— yellow, suffused 

 with rosy -red. 



I. Dixiana — a very deep 

 orange. 



I. Duchess of Teck — rich 



salmon, suffused with 

 scarlet aud violet. 



I. javanica — soft delicate 

 orange. 



I. picturata — rich bright 

 orange, changing to buff. 



I. Pilgrimii— orange-scarlet, 

 suffused with crimson. 



I. salicifolia — a distinct 

 plant with long and nar- 

 row Willow - like leaves ; 

 corymbs very large; clear 

 bright orange - scarlet. 

 Java. 



I. splendid a — rich orange- 

 crimson. 



I. Williamsii— corymbs very 

 large ; reddish-salmon. 



Justieia. — A genus of soft-wooded plants be- 

 longing to the Acanthads ; they produce showy flowers 

 in terminal spikes. After flowering they should be 

 cut back hard, in order to induce young growth low 

 down, and thus prevent them having bare stems. 

 For treatment see Eranthemum. Intermediate House. 



J. camea — stems swollen at 

 the joints ; leaves opposite, 

 ovate - lanceolate acumin- 

 ate, pale green ; panicle 

 terminal, dense ; flowers 

 soft flesh-colour. Winter 

 and spring. Eio Janeiro. 



J. coccinea — leaves ellip- 

 tical ; panicle terminal ; 

 flowers bright scarlet. 

 Winter. South Ameri a. 



J. flavicoma, correctly 

 Schaueria calycotricha ; 

 flowers yellow. Sivmmer 

 months. Brazil. 



J. speciosa— a fine species ; 

 tube of flowers very long, 

 colour purple. Summer 

 and autumn months. East 

 Indies. Correct name, 

 Peristrophe speciosa. 



J. thyrsiflora— a handsome 

 plant with brilliant scarlet 

 flowers. Spring months. 

 East Indies. 



J. venusta — leaves ovate- 

 acuminate ; panicle large 

 and dense ; flowers rich 

 purple. Spring months. 

 East Indies. 



Lasiandra. — A genus of Melastomads, of free 

 growth and producing handsome flowers; these, 

 however, are rather fugacious, and are not therefore 

 useful for cutting, but as ornaments in the stove 

 they are simply invaluable, the colour being a sort 

 of deep mauve or purple, a desirable contrast. "We 

 introduce one species only in these pages. Pot in 

 loam and peat in equal parts, adding a little sand. 

 Intermediate House. 



L. macrantha. — Truly a magnificent kind ; the 

 leaves are ribbed and entire, bright green ; flowers 

 produced in large panicles, each flower upwards of 

 five inches across, and intense deep purple. Summer 

 months. Brazil. (Now named Pleroma macranthum.) 



Lemonia. — A small genus of Rue- worts ; the 

 species named L. spectabilis is now called Eavenia, and 

 is a handsome shrub with ternate dark green leaves, 

 producing from their axils numbers of beautiful rose- 

 coloured flowers, which remain long in full beauty. 

 Pot in loam and sandy peat, and place in the Tempe- 

 rate House. Autumn and winter. Cuba. 



Lindenia. — A genus of Cinchonaceous plants, 

 with somewhat the habit and appearance of Gar- 

 denias when not in flower, and thriving under the 

 same treatment ; they are destitute, however, of the 

 delicious fragrance. 



L. acutifolia. — The leaves oblong-lanceolate and 

 acute, slightly tomentose, dull green ; flowers axil- 

 lary, tubular, pure white ; tube slender, about four 

 inches or more long ; the limb flat and spreading, 

 scarcely an inch across. Spring months. Vera Cruz, 

 Mexico. 



L. rivalis. — A larger plant than the preceding, 

 leaves some three inches long, lanceolate acuminate, 

 smooth, bright green above, paler below ; flowers pure 

 white, tube upwards of five inches long, limb one 

 to two inches across, fiat and spreading. Spring 

 months. Guatemala and Mexico. 



Linum. — A large genus of plants which give the 

 name to the order Linacece ; it contains many species 

 that are showy border flowers; and L. usitatissimum, 

 which is only known now as a cultivated plant, pro- 



