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PlumbAGINACE2E. —Pentandria Monogynia. 
Plumbago Larpentce (Lindley.) A native of China, originally 
discovered by Mr. Fortune, growing on the ruined ramparts of 
Shangai ; it was subsequently found by Mr. Smith in the same 
locality, and by him forwarded in 1846 to Sir George Larpent, 
whose gardener, Mr. Eyles, has grown it in great perfection. 
The flowers are of a deep rich violet, beautifully tinted in the 
throat with fine red, and are produced most abundantly in dense 
heads at the points of the shoots. The plant is of compact, neat 
habit, and is sufficiently hardy to thrive in the open air through 
the summer, proving a first-rate bedding plant.— Pax. Mag. Bot. 
LythracetE. —Icosandria Monogynia. 
Lagerstrcemia elegans (Wallich.) This plant resembles, in 
some respects, the L. indica, but its growth is far more robust, 
its flowering season much later, and its whole habit, when the 
two are seen together, very distinct. The blossoms which are 
rather darker coloured (deep, rich rose, varied with yellow), and 
a little smaller than those of L. indica , are produced in fine, 
spreading panicles at the extremities of the branches, are exceed¬ 
ingly showy, and continue in perfection for a long time. It is a 
native of mountains in the East Indies, where it was originally 
discovered by Dr. Wallich, and by him introduced to the Botanic 
Garden of Calcutta, whence it reached this country in 1841.— 
Pax. Mag. Bot. 
Cyrtandrace.ze. —Bidynamia Angiospermia. 
Agalmyla staminea. At a recent meeting of the Horticultural 
Society in Regent street, Messrs. Veitch and Son exhibited a 
specimen of this fine stove epiphyte. The flowers partake largely 
of the characters of the iEschynanths; they are individually large, 
exceeding two inches in length, are borne in clusters of twelve 
to fifteen at the axils of the leaves, and being of a brillant scarlet, 
heightened by the rich purple of the exserted stamens which 
stand out an inch from the mouth of the blossom, are extremely 
beautiful and attractive. The foliage too is exceedingly rich, 
each leaf is near six inches in length and four broad, thick and 
fleshy, of a bright glossy green. It is one of the many fine 
things received from Java, through Mr. Lobb. 
