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GLEANINGS AND ORIGINAL MEMORANDA. 
Order 
INTEGRIFOLITJM. Michaux 
Primw 
Horticultural Society. 
purpl 
yellow. Native 
A hardy herbaceous plant, belonging to the 
of California. Introduced by the 
dwarf 
Sir Wn, Hooker, eleven or twelve ; fa which case it belong ZZ 7 g Z tt old a^^wnT' 2 "^ * 
in gardens. A damp, rich, shaded American border suits it best- andTh^ Y^™™ speces, bo frequent 
difficult W<*m. Art. ffi*. vol. v. With a iZT ** ' " nd *"" ". may be ex P ected to 8™ wi *^ 
FVfttt a figure. 
of long, sle 
Cinchonads. 
LAXIFLORA 
, Dink. sw( 
graceful hothouse shrub from Sierra Leone, with panicles 
3wers. From Lucombe & Co. Belongs to the order of 
mos^aSe^lTce ?***£>** *fo small it has handsome foliage and flower,, which have a delicate and 
neT^to^f^JrrjS 6 P^, 8 ? an . iD , length ' ^^—^e, acuminate, feather-veiued, attenuated 
(or oUT R obose red tne fre^ v T^ *** " d ****** ^^^ Calyx deep red, the tube 
white Srt^S^ fte^TH.^ 1 >S , V 7 y Sma11 and deft iDt0 f ° UrereCt ' a PP re88ed ^ th ' Cor ° lla 
segments/hairy ^il-^ fiX ^f Sf ? ** ** "* * "" *~ ^ *~ ^^ *— 
ESPELETIA ARGEXTEA 
tnposite order, with ha 
and 
Humboldt and Bonpland. A singular greenh 
some silvery leaves and yellow heads of flower 
8. Native of New Grenada. 
B^^^^^^^^T^ terebbthine ° d0Ur ' and y^ ^ ^e genus SOptom (to which 
This is a beautiful X I^TS^T™^^' "** h ^ preparati ° n ° f ** and for other P"P««- 
flowering, howev^e J^V^X^" A pC^ Slf § ?" *" IS f *" " * ** **" 
high and as thick as one's wrist ™tw V I 7 t P ° r four years old has a trunk six or ei g ht mches 
At the flowering selson the apex of Z tnmk tn^ T '^^ *»"* si %> and sh W «» both side, 
paniculate rtenJ-ifctofarf *4»£ t 44^ ^ ^ mt ° *" Upr ' ght *»■* "^ neari * leafless eorymboso- 
ALAPENSIS 
Humboldt. A dwarf Mexican half-hardv shrub, with dull 
leaves, and close clusters of reddish flowers. Introduced by the 533^. 
dowt, w^hottlT^ofri IT" hf" fl B T he8 ' P6ti0leS ' aDd ****** ° f leaves — d with a «* ^ort 
serrate, with a hard firm retdish T. ^ flat > ^talked, rounded at the base, perfectly entire, or very slightly 
downy ^J^^TAT^7 Tl ^ 7 Per „ Side - F1 ° WerS d »^ -ddish-white/in Lse 
the base, almost flat and I unemmllJ Zl ™ ncles V***** and woolly. Calyx nearly smooth. Corolla ovate, at 
granular surface Thl IhtleTu h if bv" 8 ' " * C0DtraCti ° n ^ the middle ' and a ^ sma " limb - °™ry with a 
spotted leaves, and remains in Sow r on, f "^ fl J nMnentaL Jt ^- 8 9 ^^ "**«. P-tection in winter, has dull 
of the beauty otZ Z^l^^^t °T° " ApriL AUh ° Ugh a trUe Arbutus > Jt 8eems to have ™ ne 
TF«/A a J^ ' aDd mU8t be ""^ t0 *• collec to« of mere botanical curiosities.-^^. Hort. Soc, vol. v. 
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