The Mango tree very seldom produces its flowers, and, we believe, never perfects its fruit, or, as Miller calls it, its plum, in Europe. In India this tree acquires considerable size, with a rough bark, and luxuriant foliage, and its fruit is held in great esteem. For the sake of its fine leaves alone it is worthy cultivation in our hot-houses, where, according to Miller, it prospers better out of, than in the tan; yet I believe most of the horticulturists of the present day prefer the bark-bed for their Mangoes, planting them in rich earth and large pots. They are propagated by layers or cuttings, seldom by seeds, because these will not keep long after they are mature, and therefore perish before they reach this country and can be sown in it. The flowers are extremely trifling, but they are curious in their conformation, and remarkable in constantly having four out of their five chives abortive, imperfect, and destitute of anthers; wherefore the plant is monandrous. Our figure was taken at Whitley and Brames’s in the month of December last. [Illustration] PLATE CCCCXXVI. LIMODORUM TANKERVILLIÆ. _Chinese Limodorum._ CLASS XX. ORDER I. _GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA._ Chives on the Pointal. Two Chives. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. NECTARIUM monophyllum, concavum, pedicellatum, intra petalum infimum. NECTARY one-leafed, concave, on a pedicel, upon the lower petal. SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &C. LIMODORUM, floribus racemosis imberbibus. _Ait. Hort. Kew. 3. 302._--_Gmel. Syst. Nat. tom. 2. p. 60._ LIMODORUM, with beardless racemose flowers. REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 1. A miniature figure of the plant. 2. The spathe. 3. The honey-cup. 4. The parts of fructification as they stand in the plant. The upper part of the same with its lid elevated, and one chive detached and magnified. No coloured representation of this magnificent plant within our knowledge has yet been published, either in this country or on the continent; but a large folio black print of it was given in Aiton’s Hortus Kewensis, along with the above specific character, and with the circumstance of its having been introduced into the British gardens by the late Dr. Fothergill, in the year 1778, from China; of which country it is a native. In England it requires the artificial heat of the tan-bed to make it flower, which it does annually, with good management, from the month of November to that of April. It requires rich earth, and in dry weather frequent waterings; when in bloom makes a very stately appearance, and is propagated pretty readily by parting the tubers of the roots. Our drawing was made from fine plants in the Hibbertian collection at Clapham last month. [Illustration] PLATE CCCCXXVII. GOMPHOLOBIUM MACULATUM. _Maculated Air-pod._ CLASS X. ORDER I. _DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA._ Ten Chives. One Pointal. ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER.