This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt:... J in. long; peduncle 1 in. long, bearing 1 fl. with linear segments J in. long. Jamaica. Honckenya ficifolia. (.o. c, i89i,xvi. 498.) Tiliacese. S. A shrub with the habit of Sparmanuia, palmately lobed l. and purple fl. 4 in. across, borne in short terminal racemes. West Tropical Africa. Hoodia Bainii. (B. M. t. 6348.) Asclepiadacese. G. succulent. Quite glabrous, dwarf and bushy. Stems 1J in. thick, many-angled; angles composed of confluent spine-tipped tubercles, greyish green. Fl. near the apex of the branches, 2J in. in diam., cup-shsped, pale buff with a reddish tinge. South Africa. Hoplophytum lineatum. (g. c. 1893, xiii. 412.) Bromeliacese. S. L. incylindric tufts, green with stripes of white; the marginal spines black. AOehmea. Brazil; Hoteia japonica, foliis purpureis. (fl. H. 1885, 366.) Saxifragacee. H. var. with purplish stems and foliage. Astilbe japonica, A. Gray, var. Houlletia Landsbergi. (#. M. t. 7362.) Orchidacese. S. First described in 1855, but only lately re-introduced. Pseudobulbs 1 in. long; l. 12 in. by 4 in., strongly ribbed; peduncle 4 in. long, stout, purplish; fl. large, fleshy, 3 in. across; sep. oblong, orange, with red spots; pet. smaller and notched; lip narrow, with four horn-like lobeswhite tinged with purple. Costa Rica. Houlletia odoratissima xanthina. (G. C. 1884, xxii. 38.) S. A handsome form with orange-yellow fl., the lip being sulphur and white. Howea belmoreana. (is. M. t. 7018; G. C. 1888, iv. 415.) Palmas. S. This is the plant known as Kent'u, belinoreana. Lord Howe's Island. Hoya globulosa. &. c. 1882, xvii. 741, f. 115; F. M. t. 406.) Asclepiadacese. S. Profuse-flowering climber, with fleshy oblong acute l., and large globose heads of pale straw-coloured fl., with white coronal processes and brownish-pink...