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Bauhinia Corymbosa. 
and have a calyx with a cylindrical tube split on one 
side, or rarely five parted, making five unequal spread¬ 
ing petals. 
B. tomentosa is a native of Ceylon, where it forms a 
small tree, growing about fifteen feet high, and having 
pale-yellow flowers spotted with crimson, which has 
given rise to the superstitious idea that they are 
sprinkled with the blood of St. Thomas, hence the tree 
is called St. Thomas’ tree. 
B. Valilii is the Malvo climber of India, a plant whose 
gigantic shrubby stems often attain a length of 300 feet, 
and climb over the tops of the highest trees of the 
forest, twisting so tightly round then- stems that they 
not ^infrequently strangle and cause death, the stems 
ultimately decaying and leaving a sheath of climbers 
standing in their place. The young leaves and shoots 
are covered with a rust-colored scurf, and are furnished 
with tendrils. The leaves are very large, often more 
than a foot in diameter, composed of two oval-shaped 
lobes, joined together for about half their length and 
heart-shaped at their base. The flowers are snowy- 
white, and arranged in racemes. The exceedingly 
tough fibrous bark of this species is employed in India 
for making ropes, which, from their great strength, are 
used in the construction of the suspension bridges 
across the river Jumna. 
B. Corymbosa, the subject of our illustration, is com¬ 
paratively an unknown plant, although one of very 
great interest. It is a woody climber of free growth, 
with bifid leaves, accompanied with short tendrils, pro¬ 
ducing terminal corymbs of beautiful flowers of a warm 
rosy-pink color, which is also the color of the stamens 
in the expanded rosy flowers. It is found in Hong 
Kong, but whether it is indigenous to that island is a 
question with those who have made that plant a study. 
We are indebted to the Gardeners’ Magazine for the 
illustration. 
We are indebted to the Hand-Book of Plants for our 
papers upon Propagation, the first of whioh appears in 
this issue, and feel assured that our readers will find 
them of practical value. 
