244 NEW rLANTS, ETC., 



densely many-flowered, nearly six inches long. Flowers deep 

 violet, with a green throat, a small double tooth within the 

 cavity, and two gibbosities at the back. 



This is a half-shrubby stove perennial, which grows freely in 

 a mixture of loam, leaf-mould, and sandy peat, in equal propor- 

 tions, with plenty of moisture. It is easily increased by cuttings, 

 and flowers from June to October, but afterwards should be kept 

 rather dry, particularly during winter. 



It is a very handsome little plant, and one deserving a place 

 in every stove or warm greenhouse. 



June 19, 1847. 



21. Acacia ixiophylla. Bentham, in London Journal 

 of Botany^ i. 364. 



Raised from seeds presented to the Society by Dr. Hender- 

 son from New South Wales, December 5, 1844. 



A straggling bush, remarkable for the large quantity of viscid 

 glands and hairs which cover its branches. The leaves, or phyl- 

 lodes, are narrow, blunt, shining, with from three to five faint 

 lono^itudinal anastomosins: veins on each side. The flowers are 

 sweet scented, in small yellow heads, seated on short hairy stalks 

 in the axils of the phyllodes. 



It is a hardy greenhouse small shrub, thriving in any good 

 rich loamy soil, and flowering freely in March, \i is propagated 

 best by seeds, but may be increased by cuttings in the ordinary 

 way. 



It is a very pretty and desirable kind of Acacia, on account 

 of its dwarf bushy habit and profuse blooms. 



March 11, 1848. 



22. Sericographis Ghiesbreghtiana. De CancL, Prodr. 

 xi. 730. 



Presented to the Society by Mr. J. A. Henderson, F.H.S., 

 of Pineapple-place, in April, 1847. 



A half-herbaceous shrub, with smooth stems, and dark-green 

 oblong lanceolate leaves. The flowers are arranged in small, 

 loose, one-sided and downy panicles, and are sessile on the side 

 branches which bear them. The calyx is hairy, and divided into 

 five very narrow leaves. The tubular corolla is about an inch 

 and a half long, bright purplish red, with a two-lipped mouth, 

 of which the lobes are nearly equal, the upper being two-toothed, 

 the lower three-toothed. 



It requires the same treatment as Justicias, and similar soft- 

 wooded stove plants. It is easily increased by cuttings, and 

 flowers freely in October, November, and December. 



