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NEW PLANTS, 
CASIMIROA EDULIS. 
This new fruit has been sent me by that zealous botanist and enterprising traveller, Dr. Seemann. 
In writing from Niearagua, ho says:— “With other seeds, I have the pleasure to send 
‘ Casimiroa edulis,’ a large fruit like an apple, which was brought to this country from Mexico by 
the soldiers and colonists of Montezuma, and of which you will see a figure in Botany of the 
‘ Herald.’ I fancy it may prove hardy in the southern parts of England, and might be introduced 
into Australia with the greatest advantage, as it is overgreen, and capable of standing any amount of 
drought, and some degree of cold.” 
This fruit is described in Botany of the Voyage of U.M.S. “ Herald;' Flora of North-Western 
Mexico, and thus spoken of:— “This tree has a remarkable tendency to accommodate itself to 
different climates. It grows from the lowest coast-region to an elevation of 7,000 feet, producing 
everywhere an abundant harvest.” 
■' Brice 31s. 6(7. each. 
CASSIA BRACTEOSA. 
This plant has been discovered and inti'oduced from the Highlands of Angola by the celebrated 
African explorer and botanist. Dr. Welwitsch, who has kindly presented me with seeds of his 
carpological collection. ^ ^ 
Its flowers are large, bright orange, and very numerous, arranged in a pjTamidal raceme, which 
is from six to eight inches long; bracts black, with a blue hue, very largo and obtuse; sepals dark 
olive ; leaflets bright green, elliptical, oblong, obtuse, and slightly pubescent. 
Brice 16s. each. 
CRESCENTIA ALATA. 
A small tree, with simple and trifoliated leaves, purplish flowers, and round fruits looking like 
oranges. The pulp of the fruit is used medicinally by the natives of Mexico, the shell is made into 
drinking-cups, and the seeds are toasted and converted into a cooling drink, much esteemed by the 
people of Nicaragua. The tree is indigenous to Mexico and the central American States, and 
is occasionally cultivated in tropical gardens. 
Seeds have been sent from Nicaragua by Dr. Seemann, from which the plants now offered have 
been raised. „ . , „ „ , , 
Brice 10s. Gd. each. 
CTJSCUTA REFLEXA. 
This curious parasite can now be offered in nice plants growing on the ivy. Like its more 
familiar congeners, it consists of entangled series of threadlike, leafless stems, which are decorated 
during the Autumn with blossoms resembling the bells of the Lily of the Valley, and these blossoms 
possess a most delicious fi-agrtnee. When in flower the plants look very pretty, ns if ivy was strung 
all over with Lily bells. It can be easily cultivated in any greenhouse. 
When exhibited before the Floral Committee of the Eoyal Horticultural Society it*vas awarded 
a First Class Certificate for its pretty and interesting appearance. 
Price 215. each. 
DICHROSTACHYS PLATYCARPA. 
This elegant-growing shrub was discovered by Dr. Welwitsch in the Highlands of the district 
of Golungo Alto, Angola. 
The flowers are produced in pendulous spikes about au inch and a half long, the lower halt ot 
which is bright yellow, the other half rose-coloured ; the foliage is of a glaucous green, and the 
leaves are bipinnate, fourteen and more jugate ; the leaflets from twenty-six to thirty pairs ; the 
legume is nearly an inch broad, and peculiarly twisted. 
Trice 155. each. 
