232 NEW PLANTS, ETC., 



" This species is an evergreen bush, with pretty pinnated and 

 serrated leaves of a dark green colour, and grows generally from 

 two to four feet high in the north of China, where it flowers in 

 the autumn months. It produces its flowers both from points of 

 the young shoots and from the sides of the old stems ; the spikes 

 are short, generally six or seven together, and the colour of the 

 flowers is yellow, which contrasts well with the deep green 

 leaves. 



" It was found in a nursery garden near the city of Shanghae, 

 in the north of China. In all probability it is an inhabitant of 

 those provinces which are several degrees farther north than 

 Keangsoo, in which Shanghae is situated, for it is extremely 

 rare in this part of China, and evidently not indigenous to it. 

 If this be the case, there can be little doubt that it will be per- 

 fectly hardy in Europe, and will be a very nice addition to our 

 collections of hardy evergreens. 



" It will grow well enough in any common garden soil, and I 

 dare say will be found to be easily propagated either by cuttings 

 or layers. It will be a good plant for a rock work, or for a 

 small neat garden where large straggling shrubs are unsuit- 

 able." 



38. Campanula nobilis.* 



A Herbaceous plant from Chusan and Shanghae, May and 

 June, 1844 ; sent home by Mr. Fortune. 



The root-leaves of this fine herbaceous plant are deeply heart- 

 shaped, of a bright pale green, and placed on footstalks from 6 to 

 9 inches long, forming a large tuft. From among them, and to 

 rather more than twice their height, rises the flowering stem, 

 which branches a little at the bottom, and bears upon its divi- 

 sions several fine nodding flowers, which seem to be the largest 

 yet seen among the genus Campanula. They are something 

 like those of Canarina, nearly 3 inches long, and H in diameter. 

 The corolla is pale purple on the outside, and nearly smooth, 

 but paler within, abundantly sprinkled with bright purple dots, 

 and closely covered with long delicate horizontal hairs. 



It is allied to the Canterbury Bell {Campanula Medium), 



* C. nobilis ; caule ramoso (sesquipedali) foliisque pilosis, foliis grosse 

 biserratis utrinque viridibus radicalibus longe petiolatis alte cordatis ovatis 

 caulinis sessilibus lauceolatis ramis inferioribus brevioribus, floribus versus 

 apices ramorum approximatis racemosis pendulis, calycis ciliati laciniis 

 lineari-lanceolatis corolla triple brevioribus appendicibus ovatis, corolla 

 elongato-campanulata extus glabra intixs villosa, stigmate trifido.— J. L. 



