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ovate-oblong entire. As previously mentioned, discretion must be 

 exercised in the planting of this species owing to its exceedingly robust 

 habit of growth. 



P. trifasciata: — Flowers white, fragrant; leaves trilobate, mark- 

 ed down the centre of each lobe by a broad irregular band of reddish 

 purple. One of the few showy variegated climbers. 



P. Watsonii: — A.n exceedingly floriferous species. Flowers blue 

 and sweet, and scented. Admirably adapted for covering fences, etc. 

 Very' Iktle pruning is required for any of the passifloras except the 

 necessary amount for regulating the growth to space available. 



Pergularia odoratissima {Asclepiadoe) Small greenish yellow flowers 

 very fragrant. Tonkin creeper. 



Stephanotis N. 0. Asclepiadeae : — Flowers white, large and 

 simple in umbelliform cymes : leaves opposite, coriaceous. Propa- 

 gation by cuttings. 



5. floribunda:— Flowers of the purest white, highly fragrant, borne 

 freely in large bunches. This is one of the most popular climbers 

 and may be grown successfully in large pots or tubs. 



StigmaphyUon N. O. Malphigiaceae : — Flowers yellow and 

 showy. Leaves usually opposite, of two forms, entire or denticulate, 

 rarely lobed. Propagation by cuttings. 



5. ciliatum : — Flowers large, three to six in an umbel, petals fringed 

 with long claws. Leaves opposite, cordate, oblique at the base, smooth, 

 ciliated, glaucous. The flowers of this species somewhat resemble 

 those of Oncidiums and in fact at first sight are often taken as such. 



Tristellateia N. 0. Malphigiaceae: — A pretty climber found 

 in Mangrove swamps. Propagation by seeds and cuttings. 



T. ausfralis : — Flowers yellow, on terminal panicles. It is wtvy 

 floriferous and of easy culture, admirably adapted for trellis work. 



. Thunbergia N. 0. Acanthaceae : — A large genus of beautiful 

 climbing plants distributed throughout the Tropics. Flowers purple, 

 blue, yellow or white, shortly pedicellate, solitary in the axils or dis- 

 posed in terminal racemes. Leaves opposite, ovate, lanceolate cordate 

 or hastate. 



All are of easy culture and many are exceedingly beautiful. 

 Propagation by seed and cuttings 



T. fragrans : — Flowers pure white and fragrant, one or rarely 

 twoin each axil. Leaves ovate or oblong, acute or obtuse, cordate or 

 hastate at the base. Stem slender, climbing retrorsely hairy or glabrate. 



T. laurifolia : — The flowers of this species closely resemble 

 those of T. grandiflora. Flowers blue. Leaves elliptic or oblong, 

 acuminate. A more robust grower and requires to be pruned accord^ 

 ing to space available. 



A. W. Anderson. 



