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Alpha Cottages, by whom it had been obtained from the 
Botanic Garden of Liverpool. It is one of the many plants 
brought to our Gardens from India by the liberality of 
the Honourable Court of Directors of the East India 
Company. 
To the kindness of our much-valued friend Dr. Wallich 
we are indebted for the excellent description we have 
given above, and for all the remarks we have to offer 
upon it. He observes, that ‘“ It is widely different 
from ‘all the other species by the deep red colour of its 
flowers, and perfectly spear-shaped leaves. In p. 82 
of the first volume of Roxburgh’s [ora Indica, | men- 
tioned that it was a distinct species from H. angustifolium, 
which has been well represented in the Botanical Register, - 
vol. 2, p. 157, and in the Botanical Magazine, vol. 46, 
2078. H. coccineum of Loddiges’s Botanical Cabinet gives 
a good representation of the plant as to leaves, but the 
colour of its flowers differs.” : 
The synonyms of Mr. Roscoe have been also kindly 
furnished by Dr. Wallich: we unfortunately possess no 
ready means of access to the former distinguished Botanist’s 
splendid Monograph. et 
