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those of a jessamine, that is, salver shaped, but very much larger : 
the segments of the corolla broad and singularly striated, and 
often puckered (in those respects much resembling the sepals of 
some species of Clematis , particularly Clematis viiicelld) : they 
are white and numerously produced. It requires the heat of a 
stove, and has flowered with us in September.— Bot. Mag. 4207. 
LYTHiiARiEiE. —Bodecandria Monogynia. 
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Cuphea cordata. A truly beautiful plant, from the rich scarlet 
of its two large petals and calyces. Would that all the species of 
this extensive genus were as distinctly marked as the present one! 
It is a native of hills and woods in Peru, about Huassahuassi, 
Chaclla, and Acomayo, and from that country seeds were sent to 
Mr. Veitch, of Exeter, by his collector, Mr. W. Lobb, in 1842, 
from which plants were raised that blossomed in August 1845. 
The plant is kept in the stove, and seems to flower freely there. 
It may be increased by cuttings.— Bot. Mag. 4208. 
LoGANiACEiE. —Pentandria Monogynia . 
Fagrcea obovata. An exceedingly handsome stove plant, both 
as to its foliage and the large cream-coloured flowers, which 
moreover are very fragrant. It has long been cultivated at 
Kew, plants having been sent by Dr. Wallich from Sylhet, 
where, as at Singapore, according to the same botanist, it is a 
native. It flourishes in a moist hot stove, and succeeds best 
with bottom heat. It has lately flowered in the Botanic Garden, 
Liverpool.— Bot. Mag. 4205. 
Melastomace m. — Becandria Monogynia. 
Melastoma sanguinea. This beautiful shrub, so seldom seen 
in our stoves, although it has been twenty years in the country, 
is a native of the Sunda islands, where it grows to a large bush, 
five or six feet high. In cultivation it seldom reaches a greater 
altitude than three feet, unless planted out in a border. The 
branches are well clothed with leaves, and terminate in a cluster 
of very large, delicately soft pink or rose coloured flowers, the 
ephemeral character and successive expansion of which, however, 
prevent them from appearing at any one time in excessive quan¬ 
tity ; and it is therefore rather a plant which presents a mode¬ 
rately attractive aspect for a considerable period, than a gorgeous 
blaze of beauty, lasting only a few days. In the general charac- 
