EXTRACTS — FLORICULTURE. 
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CINCHONACEA2. — Lilldl. 
Rondeletia speciosa. —Beautiful Rondeletia. (Fig. 18.) This brilliant 
plant is a native of the Havaunah, whence Messrs. Loddiges received it through 
W. J. M’Leay, Esq. in 1830. There is a figure in Jacquin’s Americana, which 
he calls R. odorata, closely resembling this, possessing the fragrance of violets, 
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RONDELETIA SPECIOSA. 
but this has not the slightest scent. The flowers are orange-red, and exceeding¬ 
ly rich; they grow in corycombs, and make a most striking appearance, being 
quite as splendid as Ixora coccinea, if not more so. Culture.—It requires the 
stove, and should be potted in loam and peat; it may be increased by cuttings: 
— Bot. Cab. 
