146 NEAV PLANTS, ETC., 



NEW PLANTS, ETC., FKOM THE SOCIETY'S 

 GARDEN. 



19. Plumbago zeylanica. — W. 



Received from Sir Henry Fletcher, and collected in tlie 

 neighbourhood of Jellallabad in 1843. 



A twining plant, with dull green striated branches closely 

 covered with very fine particles of white efflorescence, turned 

 out to be in no apparent circumstance different from the Ceylon 

 Leadwort or from the climbing Leadwort of South America, 

 neither of which seems to be distinguishable. The flowers are 

 pure white, with a little point at the end of the lobes of their 

 corolla. Its northern station appears, however, to indicate some 

 constitutional difference, and this in fact occurs ; for, as far as 

 the experience of the garden has gone, the plant is probably 

 hardy enough to withstand the winter if planted against a south 

 wall. 



It is rather a pretty plant, as it .is likely to bloom freely, and 

 prove hardy, or nearly so. 



Sept. 8, 1845. 



20. CocHLEARiA ACAULis. Desfontuines, Flora Atlantica, 

 vol. ii., p. 69. (Cochlearia pusilla, Brotero, Phyto- 

 graphia Lusitanica, p. 100, No. 45, t. 21, figs. 2 and 3.) 



Received from the Due de Palmella (Lisbon), in March, 

 1845. 



It is found wild, according to Brotero, on the basaltic liills 

 near Lisbon, and occasionally on the limestone formation of 

 Estremadura. Desfontaines also met with it in Barbary. 



A beautiful rock plant for shady situations ; its flowers are of 

 a clear lilac, and the foliage is of a delicate green colour. It 

 propagates itself by seeds, and by runners which throw out roots 

 abundantly into the damp soil. 



It is a hardy little annual, growing in any rich garden soil, 

 and blooming from April to October. It requires rather a moist 

 situation. Its small flowers (they come out white and turn to a 

 pale lilac) appear in profusion from April to October. 



Sept. 19, 1845. 



