By Richard Anthony Salisbury, Esq. 327 



Horibundum a. Swartz. Fl. Ind. Occ. v. 1. p. 8. t. 2. pessimd. 

 Ixia Xiphidium. Loefl. Res. p. 179- 



One of the most tender plants in our stoves, formerly cul- 

 tivated by our worthy member, Mr. Hoy, at Sion House. It 

 grows wild at the foot of the mountains in St. Kitt's, and is 

 easily propagated by its decumbent branches ; but without 

 being kept in very brisk heat, the flowers seldom appear here 

 till Christmas, when most of them drop off without expand- 

 ing. Those who wish to see them in perfection, therefore, 

 must force the plant in spring, taking away all the smaller 

 branches after July, and in September remove it into a low 

 bark-pit, where it may almost touch the glass, and be as hot 

 as possible : in this way I obtained ripe capsules. A shallow 

 pan, about a foot and a half diameter, such as the nursery- 

 men use for striking cuttings, suits it better than a common 

 pot ; and it delights in sandy soil mixed with decayed leaves. 



Gyrotheca Tinctoria. MSS. Heritiera Gmelini. Mi- 

 chauxFL Bor. Amer. v.l.p.21. Heritiera tinctorum. Michaux 

 in Bull, des Sciences, n. 19- 



A beautiful exotic from the swamps of South Carolina, 

 introduced by Mr. Fraser, in 1788. I saw it flowering in 

 his stove the following summer, though half dead for want of 

 water, and he soon lost it by such neglect. The anthers are 

 rolled back as in Philydrum. 



Anigosia flavida. MSS. Anigozanthus Elavida. Ker 

 in Bot. Mag. n. 1151. cum Ic. — Becand. in PL Lil. v. 2. n. 

 176. cum Ic. Anigozanthus grandiflora. Far. Lond. n. 97- 

 cum Ic. 



This singular genus was raised at Kew, in 1803, from seeds 

 collected on the south coast of New Holland, by Mr. Peter 

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