306 NKW PLANTS, ETC., 



two corollas of this variety are flatter than the single one of the 

 wild blue form. 



Although it is doubtful whether or not this beautiful thing 

 will prove iiard}^, few will deny it room in their greenhouse. It 

 appears to grow freely in any sort of soil, and to require an ample 

 supply of water in summer. Like the generality of plants with 

 fleshy roots it must be put to rest in autumn, so that in winter it 

 may be kept quite dry. In spring it may be re-potted and started 

 to grow in the usual way. It strikes very freely from cuttings. 



July 4, 1846. 



54. Abutilon rufinerve. A. de St. Hilaire Flora BrasilicB 



meridionalis, vol. i., t. 42. 

 Sent home by Dr. Lippold from the Rio Doce, and presented 

 to the Society by Sir P. de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., 

 M.P. 

 This is a half-shrubby downy plant, with stalked cordate acu- 

 minate leaves, which are bordered with small crenatures, and are 

 sometimes extended on one side into a lobe. The flowers are as 

 large as those of A. striatum, erect, straw-coloured, and in twos 

 or threes at the end of the branches. They are succeeded by 

 ribbed, wrinkled, coarsely hairj- seed-vessels. 



It is easily propagated by cuttings or seeds, and grows well in 

 any common garden soil. Such treatment as is generally given 

 to the Hibiscus tribe suits it perfectly. 



As an ornamental plant it is not of much value, for it will not 

 prove hardy, and the flowers are not showy enough for the green- 

 house. Sept. 5, 1846. 



55. Atropa acuminata. Royles Illustrations of the Bo- 



tany, ^-c, of the Himalayahs, p. 279. 

 Received from Capt. Wm. Munro in April, 1845, and said 

 to have been collected in Chinese Tartary, at an eleva- 

 tion of 12,000 feet. 

 This plant is very much like our European A. Belladonna ; 

 but its leaves are firmer, narrower, and very much tapered to the 

 point ; and the flowers are a pale dull yellow, without a trace of 

 the chocolate colour so characteristic of the European Bella- 

 donna. The berries are not distinguishable. 



It is a hardy perennial, growing freely in any common garden 

 soil, and easily increased either by seeds, or by dividing the old 

 roots when in a dormant state. It grows about 4 feet in height, 

 and flowers in June and July. 



It is only valuable as a distinct kind of Deadly Nightshade, 

 with yellow flowers. June 23, 1846., 



