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and short axillary racemes of white pitcher-shaped flowers, w ith small pink lobes 

 Bhotan. T. Nuttall, Esq. 



Gb.ammatqcab.pus volubilis. (Bot. Mag. t. 5020.) A slender half hardy 

 climber of the Loasa family, having opposite bipinnatifid leaves and curiously 

 formed yellow flowers from the forkings of the stem. It is sometimes known as 

 Scyphanthus elegans. 



Hydrangea cyanema. (Bot. Mag. t. 5038.) A half hardy under shrub, 

 with broad ovate toothed leaves, and corymbs of white (the neuter) flowers 

 streaked with red. Not equal to the two common kinds. Bhotan. T. Nuttall, Esq. 

 Ilex aqtjifolium, var. pendulum foliis variegatis. A fine weeping 

 variety of Holly, with prettily variegated leaves A garden variety. Messrs. 

 Perry. 



Ilex cornuta. (Bot. Mag. t. 5059.) This fine evergreen shrub seems to 

 be quite hardy. Its leaves are remarkable iu form, having one or two marginal 

 spines and the apes dilated with usually three spiny spreading horn-like points; 

 flowers small white, axillary. China. Mr. Standish. 



Ilex Fortuni. (Gard. Chron. 1857, 868.) A handsome evergreen shrub, 

 resembling I. cornuta when young, but having, when more mature, broad 

 entire leaves. It becomes very ornamental when loaded with its red berries, 

 which come in in umbels from the axils of the leaves. North of China. Mr. 

 Glendinning . 



Indigofera decora. (Bot. Mag. t. 5063.) This is a good figure of this 

 charming greenhouse shrub, which is not so common as it deserves to be. 



Ismelia Broussonetii. (Bot. Mag. t. 5067.) The old-fashioned Chrysan- 

 themum Broussonetii, probably lost till now re-introduced. A free-growing 

 greenhouse shrub, with bipinnatifid leaves, and large lilac tinted white flowers 

 with a dark eye, not unlike the common Ox-eye Daisy. Madeira. Kew Botanic 

 Garden. 



Ligustrum sinense. (Gard. Chron. 1858, 621 with fig.) A deciduous 

 and apparently hardy species of Privet, with slender downy branches, oval- 

 obtuse leaves, and panicles of small white flowers, somewhat resembling those 

 of the common kind. China. Mr. Glendinning. 



Lobelia trigonocaulis. (Bot. Mag. t. 5088.) A handsome decumbent 

 half hardy or greenhouse perennial, having laciniate subpinuatifid leaves and 

 large axillary flowers, blue with a white centre, resembling those of L. ramosa, 

 but paler. It is a free-flowering plant, and will probably be useful for bedding 

 out. Moreton Bay. Messrs. Low and Son. 



Lomatia Bidwillii. A handsome-leaved evergreen greenhouse shrub, the 

 leaves pinnate, 18 inches long, the leaflets surrounded with spines. New 

 Caledonia. Messrs. Rollisson. 



Lomatia elegantissima. An extremely elegant evergreen greenhouse 

 shrub, with Fern-like foliage. New Caledonia. Messrs Rollisson. 



Lupinus Hartwegii, var. co;lestinus. A very distinct variety of this 

 ornamental ?nnual ; the flowers of a delicate pale blue, pink at the edges. A 

 garden variety. Messrs. Carter and Co. 



Nolana paradoxa, var. violacea. A variety with larger flowers, of a 

 distinct rosy violet colour. A garden variety. Messrs. Carter and Co. 



CEnothera Drummondii, var. nana. A dwarf annual variety of this showy 

 border plant ; flowers large, bright yellow, and blooming long in succession. 

 Texas. Messrs. Carter and Co. 



Oenothera bistorta, var. Veitchianum. (Bot. Mag. t. 5078.) A showy 

 hardy annual pubescent subdecumbent species, having ovate-lanceolate or ovate 

 toothed leaves, and axillary deep yellow flowers with small blood-red spots at 

 the base of the petals. Probably useful for garden decoration. South Cali- 

 fornia. Messrs. Veitch and Son. 



Olea ilicifolia. A hardy evergreen shrub, with large handsome foliage; 

 flowers pure white, twice the size of Olea fragrans, and as finely scented. 

 Japan. Messrs. Veitch and Son. 



Pentstkmon Jaffrayanus. (Bot. Mag. t. 5045.) A fine hardy or half 

 hardy herbaceous perennial allied to P. speciosus. The leaves are glaucous, 

 entire, the lower ones spathulate ; the flowers in long terminal panicles, large 

 bright blue, stained with deep red at the base of the tubes. It is a charming 

 plant. California. Messrs. Veitch and Son. 



