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PAXTON'S FLOWER GARDEN. 



calyx and a scaly coronet ; but in this plant the tube is as short as in any Passionflower, 

 and there is nothing peculiar in the coronet. Meisner's analysis brings out no more ; and 

 it is impossible to gather any distinction after comparing Endlicher's prolix descriptions. 

 Nevertheless, there is something very peculiar in the appearance o£ Tacsonias, and we 

 trust that in time a real distinctive character will be discovered. 

 The species was introduced by the Horticultural Society. 



