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in May. Culture : — Requires a greenhouse ; 
good turfy loam and peat ; propagated by in- 
arching, grafting, or budding on the single 
camellia. 
Fuchsia corymbiflora, var. alba (white 
corymbose- flowered Fuchsia). — Onagraceas § 
Fuchsese. — A large-growing shrubby plant, 
with large broadly lance-shaped leaves, and 
bearing dense pendulous corymbs of long 
slender tubular blossoms. In the species these 
blossoms are crimson ; but in the variety the 
tubes of the calyx and sepals are of a carneous 
whiteness, becoming pure white when fully 
developed, the sepals being well reflexecl, and 
exhibiting a corolla of brilliant crimson. A 
French garden variety, raised by Mr. Salter, 
of Versailles. Introduced to England in 1848. 
Flowers during summer. Culture. — Requires 
a greenhouse ; well suited for the border of a 
greenhouse conservatory ; rich loamy soil ; 
propagated by cuttings planted in sandy soil, 
and most readily with slight bottom heat. 
Myanthus fimbriatus, Morren (fringed- 
flowered Myanthus). — Orchidaceas § Vandeas- 
Catasetidse. — A very fine epiphytal species, 
belonging to the curious group of catasetums, 
to which the name Myanthus has been 
applied. This species has ovate elongated 
pseudo-bulbs, and lance-shaped plicate leaves. 
From the base of the pseudo-bulbs grow the 
racemes of flowers on a drooping scape. The 
sepals and petals are of the same pale rosy 
purplish-tinged colour, speckled over with red 
spots, the sepals being narrow lance-shaped, 
and the petals somewhat broader and shorter ; 
the two petals and the upper sepal of the fully 
expanded blossom are connivent ; the lip is 
heart-shaped, plain, fringed around the margin; 
the back is produced into a blunt coniform 
spur ; the colour is almost white suffused with 
rose. Native of St. Paul, in Brazil. Intro- 
duced to Belgium in 1847. Flowers in Sep- 
tember. Culture. — Requires a hot moist 
stove; tui-fy peat soil ; propagated by division 
of the plant. 
Lacepedea insignis, Humboldt and Bon- 
pla?id (fragrant Lacepedea).— Hippocrateaceas. 
■ — A handsome evergreen large-growing shrub, 
or small tree, with numerous branches, and 
ample opposite ovate or oblong ovate, some- 
what leathery leaves, dark green and glossy 
above, and paler beneath, and attached by 
long footstalks. The flowers come in a 
branched terminal panicle ; they are ovate- 
globose, about the size of, and in shape not 
unlike those of the berberry ; they are white, 
of five obovate-oblong erect concave petals, and 
are deliciously scented. Native of Mexico. 
Introduced by Messrs. Henderson, 1848. 
Flowers in May. It is also called Triceraia 
tinifolia (Willdenow), and Triceros xale- 
pensis (Sprengel). The genus, of which this 
is the solitary species, was dedicated by Hum- 
boldt and Bonpland, to the honour of the dis- 
tinguished naturalist Count de Lacepede. 
Culture. — Requires a stove ; free open loamy 
soil ; propagated by cuttings placed in bottom 
heat under a bell-glass. 
Kadsura japonic a, Dunal (Japan Kad- 
sura). — SchizandraceEC. — A twining or scram- 
bling shrubby plant, with fleshy warted bark, 
and having alternate oval or oblong-oval leaves, 
acute at both ends, with a smooth surface, and 
of somewhat leathery texture. The flowers 
grow in the axils of the leaves, and are small, 
white, unisexual ; the female ones are suc- 
ceeded by a cluster of small round red berries, 
white within ; Siebold describes them as 
viscid, tasteless, and uneatable. Native of 
Japan, about Nagasaki. Introduced about 
1848. Flowers from June to September. It 
has been also called Uvaria japonica (Lin- 
naeus), and U. heteroclita (Roxburgh). Cul- 
ture. — Requires a cool greenhouse; sandy 
loam and peat ; propagated by cuttings of 
the ripened wood planted in sand under a 
glass. 
Oxalis elegans, Humboldt, Bonpland, 
and Kunth (elegant Wood-sorrel). — Oxalid- 
aceaa. — A very beautiful stemless species, 
forming a tuft of leaves and blossoms. The 
leaves are trifoliate, consisting of three broad, 
roundish-obovate, emarginate leaflets, which 
are smooth, and on the under surface violet- 
coloured. The flowers grow on longish scapes, 
each bearing from two to six blossoms, which 
are large, and of a rich rosy-purple colour. 
Both the foliage and blossoms are much finer 
when the plants are grown in the open border 
in genial situations. Native of Peru, near 
Loxa. Introduced by Messrs. Veitch, in 1848. 
Flowers towards the end of summer. Cul- 
ture. — Requires a greenhouse or frame ; turfy 
peat soil ; propagated by offsets. It is pro- 
bably hardy enough to stand in dry open 
borders, if covered during winter with a thick 
layer of dry frost-repellent material. 
Nematanthus ionema, Marthis (dark 
blood- coloured Nematanthus). — Gesneraceaa 
§ Gesnereas. — A handsome soft-stemmed, 
rambling shrub, with round stems, throwing 
out roots in their progress. They are clothed 
with opposite fleshy, very dark green, broadly 
lance-shaped acuminated leaves, themselves 
about four inches long, and attenuated into a 
thick footstalk about an inch in length. From 
the axils of the leaves hang the flowers, one 
or two from each axil, on slender stalks from 
six to twelve inches long ; the corolla is 
obliquely tubular, ventricose beneath, with a 
wide open mouth, and recurved limb ; it is 
clothed with hoary purplish pubescence, and 
is of a rich deep blood-colour ; the calyx tube 
is turbinate, deep purple, ending in five Ian- 
