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CLITORIA FULGENS. 
paler hue, closely covered with numerous very short soft hairs. The slightly 
depressed position of the leaves has a pretty appearance, especially when the stems 
are trained spirally round a basket, as they then fall over each other in a neat and 
loosely tiled manner. From the axils of the leaves, the flowers are produced in a 
clustered head, supported on a stiff and wiry peduncle five or six inches long, 
elevating them sufficiently above the foliage to display, without interruption, the 
bright and glowing scarlet blossoms. Such is the vivid brightness of the flower, 
that our artist has been unable to match its richness, and the figure must, conse- 
quently, be regarded as much deficient in colour. 
It has, hitherto, been cultivated in a house intermediate betwixt the stove and 
greenhouse, but it may probably be found to succeed pretty well in the ordinary 
temperature of the greenhouse. It thrives well in a mixture of peat, loam, and 
sand, and when removed from a small pot to a large one, its natural situation 
amongst rocks would point out the propriety of intermingling with this compost a 
few pieces of porous broken pot or charcoal, to keep the soil open, and facilitate 
drainage. And, although it will need a reasonable abundance of water during the 
season of growth, it will be proper to limit the supply in winter, as moisture is 
then liable to injure it, especially with a low temperature. 
Seeds have not yet been produced in this country, but it strikes root with 
tolerable freedom, from cuttings. The entire stock is yet in the hands of Messrs. 
Yeitch. 
