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Art* XXII. — List of* Rare Plants which have Flowered in the 
Royal Botanic Garden , Edinburgh , during the last three 
months. Communicated by Prof. Graham. — Mar. 9. 18£6. 
Amaryllis psittacina. 
Antennaria triplinervis. 
Astrapaea Wallichii. 
Atragene capensis. 
Epidendrum elongatum. 
Euonymus japonicus. 
Goodia pubescens. 
Jasminum hirsutum. 
Limonia trifoliata. 
Orontium aquaticum. 
Pothos coriacea. 
Roots strong, fleshy, round, and 
branched. Without stem. Leaves 
petioled, lanceolate, undulate, 
coriaceous, dull green, about 
feet long, suberect, set obliquely 
on the petiole, veined, having an 
obscure lateral rib near the edge 
of the leaf ; middle rib very 
strong, prominent, and round 
both behind and before. Pe- 
tioles rising from the centre of 
the crown of the root, where 
very turgid, 6-8 inches long, 
semicylindrical, about as thick as 
the fore-finger, with a thicken- 
ed joint at the base of the leaf, 
and here the cuticle generally 
becomes wrinkled transversely, 
cracked, and brown. Stipules 
broad at the base, clasping the 
bases of several petioles, poin ted, 
green, persistent, and becoming- 
torn, withered, white. Pedun- 
cles erect. Spatha suberect, ova- 
to-lanceolate, acuminate, pale 
green, rather shorter than the 
spadix. Spadix round, tapering, 
about 5 inches long, with the 
peduncle about half the length 
* of the leaves and petiole, green- 
ish-white, shortly after its evo- 
lution covered with globules of 
a transparent, colourless fluid, 
giving it in most lights a very 
beautiful silvery appearance. 
Anthers yellow ; filaments white. 
Pistil white, spotted with rose- 
colour. 
This species I have seen at Kew ; 
but I am not aware that it has 
any where been described. The 
specific name here given refers 
to the firm, dry, thick foliage. 
Pothos Harrisii. 
Caulescent. Roots creeping, and, 
as they descend perpendicularly 
from many parts of the stem, 
cylindrical, fleshy, red, slightly 
scarred. Stems flexuose, joint- 
ed, green. 
Leaves petioled, scattered, about 
18 inches long, cordato-lanceo- 
late, acute, bright green, shin- 
ing, veined, somewhat folded in 
the middle, flat when beginning 
to decays middle rib very strong,, 
projecting both, behind and be- 
fore, in its upper half sharp be- 
fore, round in its whole length 
behind ; veins united at their 
extremities towards each edge 
of the leaf by a waved nerve, 
scarcely stronger than the veins. 
Petiole about 3 inches long, some- 
times much longer, swollen at 
its insertion into the stem, and 
jointed close to the leaf, green, 
furrowed above, slightly wing- 
ed, wing waved ; stipules long, 
pointed, reddish-yellow, persist- 
ing, and with their remains form- 
ing a brown ragged sheath to 
the upper part ofthe stem. 
Peduncle axillary, equal in length 
to the leaf and petiol, slender, 
erect. Spadix slightly tapered, 
about 5 inches long, greenish- 
brown. Spatha nearly as long 
as the spadix, narrow, pointed, 
reflected, pale green, reddish at 
the tip ; anthers yellow ; fila- 
ment white ; pistil pale green, 
spotted with red. 
Brought with the P. coriacea by 
Captain Graham of H. M. Pac- 
ket Service from Rio Janeiro, 
along with several other new 
and rare plants, in 1824. They 
were given to him by M. Joa- 
quim Harris of Rio, in testi- 
mony of whose exertions in be- 
half of practical botany I have 
named the present species. Both 
are kept in the stove, and grow 
freely. Excellent figures by Dr 
Greville will soon be given in 
Hooker’s Exotic Flora. 
Xylopia muricata, 
