Tan. 4666. 
PAULOWNIA ImpeErIALIs. 
Imperial Paulowma. 
Nat. Ord. ScROPHULARIACEZ.—DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx profunde 5-fidus, laciniis crassis. Corolle tubus elongatus, 
declinatus, superne ampliatus, Zimdi obliqui laciniis rotundatis. Stamina basi 
declinata, dein ascendentia, quinti rudimentum nullum. Avtherarum loculi pa- 
ralleli, apice vix confluentes. Stylus superne parum incrassatus, obtusus vel 
emarginatus, summo apice pertusus, intus stigmatosus. Capsula lignosa, acumi- 
nata, loculicide bivalvis; valvulis integris, medio septiferis. Placenta 2 dis- 
tinct, compressee, medio dissepimento affixee, tandem libere. Semina nu- 
merosissima, oblonga, ala membranacea circumdata ; testa tenui, appressa, striata. 
Embryo rectus. Benth. 
PAULOWNIA imperialis. 
PavLownta imperialis. Sieb. et Zuce. Fl. Jap. v. 1. p.27. t.10. Paxt. Mag. 
of Bot. v.10. p. 7. cum Ic. Benth. in De Cand. Prodr. v. 10. p. 300. 
Walp. Repert. Bot. v. 3. p. 262 and 938. v. 6. p. 745. 
Bienonta tomentosa. Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 252. 
INCARVILLEA tomentosa. Spreng. Syst. Veg. v. 2. p. 836. — 
We have at length the satisfaction of giving a figure of this 
noble plant, the first published from flowers produced in the 
open air in England. The opportunity of doing so 1s afforded 
me by the kindness of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of 
Exeter, who did me the favour to send me two panicles from 
his favoured grounds of Bishopstowe, near Torquay. “The 
blossoms,” his Lordship writes, “are in terminal clusters ; and 
the odour (which will probably be lost when it reaches you) 1s 
of a very delicate violet-dike character.” —“ But, after all, the effect 
to the eye is rather disappointing ; for the blossom precedes the 
leaves, which are not yet half out.” The fragrance, so far from 
being lost on the journey, was rather increased, and the box re- 
tained the very agreeable odour some days after the flowers were 
removed. Unquestionably the absence of leaves, as the Bishop 
justly observes, is a great deficiency, especially in a plant whose 
size prevents the blossoms from being closely inspected upon the 
tree ; yet a cut panicle of these large pale violet-purple blossoms, 
as large as those of the Foxglove, with a young shoot of tender 
green leaves, is a very lovely object, to say nothing of the fragrance 
as a further recommendation. Unfortunately it is only in climates 
avGust Isr, 1852. 
