62 NEW PLANTS, ETC., 



bri'i-ht purple leaves of a somewliat obovate form, and about half 

 an inch wide ; most of tliem are undivided, but a few have irre- 

 gular lobes at the side ; those on the outside are smaller, green- 

 ish at the back, and covered with silky hairs. The stamens are 

 very short. Tlie pistil is a hemispherical green cushion, composed 

 of very short broad-styled carpels. 



It is a green-house plant which will grow freely in a mixture 

 of loam and peat. This species requires an ample supply of 

 water throughout the year. It will doubtless be abundantly mul- 

 tiplied from seed. 



This is of considerable importance in consequence of its flow- 

 ering in autumn, after the generality of green-house plants are 

 over. 



Aug. 29, 1845. 



2. BuDDLEA LiNDLEYANA, 7^or<^^«e; in Botanical Regis- 

 ter, 1844, No. 25, Misc. 



Received from Mr. Fortune, November 14, 1843, as a 

 graceful Shrub, with long spikes of beautiful blue or 

 purple flowers, from Chusan. 



This is a branching shrub apparently about as large as a 

 Persian lilac ; with snaooth four-cornered winged branches, which 

 when very young are clothed with a minute rusty down. The 

 leaves are opposite, ovate-lanceolate, taper-pointed, coarsely 

 toothed, quite smooth, bright green and wrinkled on the upper 

 side, paler beneath, with short stalks. The flowers are dull 

 violet, scentless, about an inch long, arranged in erect one-sided 

 racemes about 6 inches long, and covered Avith minute clusters 

 of crystalline glands, which give them a downy appearance. 

 The calyx is a very short, obtusely four-toothed cup. The 

 corolla is between tubular and funnel-shaped, with an erect 

 four-lobed, obtuse border, which is much darker coloured than 

 the remainder of the corolla. The anthers are linear, nearly 

 sessile, and arranged in a ring below the middle of the tube of 

 the corolla. 



This plant grows luxuriantly out of doors in almost any sort 

 of soil, and is hardy enough to stand mild winters without protec- 

 tion ; but whether or not it will flower freely there remains to be 

 determined. It blooms pretty well in a greenhouse, especially 

 where it can be planted out. It is easily propagated from cut- 

 tings in the usual way. As a conservatory plant it appears to be 

 important, and should it flower as freely out of doors as it does 

 in China it will be a very desirable shrub. 



Aug. 27, 1845. 



