Garden, Glasnevin, to which establishment it had been sent, with many other Himalayan varieties, by Major Madden, 
from Almorah. The bulbs reached Mr. Moore in April last, and on the 10th of August the plants were 4 feet high. 
Each stem bore but one flower ; but our wild specimens from Mount Sheopore, for which we are indebted to 
Dr. Wallich, are 2-flowered ; and he speaks of as many as three flowers on a stem, 9 inches long, and sweet-scented. 
The following is Dr. Wallich's account of the Lily, extracted from his Tentamen, where it stands under the name of 
L. Icmgiflorum. 
" This is a very distinct and noble species, with a tall and slender stem, two-thirds of which are thickly furnished 
with long and linear leaves. The flowers are white, fragrant, extremely large, with a very long and narrow tube, 
which is gradually widening into an ample spreading limb ; there are generally two or three at the apex of the stem ; 
sometimes only one. In size they exceed those of Lilium giganteum. The claws of the three exterior sepals are closely 
united to those within, in consequence of their sharp margins being confined within the deep furrow, which is formed on 
each side of the dorsal rib of the latter. The base of the stem I have repeatedly found horizontal, creeping and scaly 
like that of a fern, without any remainder of a bulb, but marked with a number of vestiges of old stems. Tins lily is 
also found towards Sirinuggur ; I have received plenty of fine specimens collected by Mr. Robert Blinkworth." 
170. Erythrina Erythrostachya. Morren. A stove shrub of unknown origin, belonging to 
the leguminous order. Elowers scarlet, very handsome. Introduced by the Belgians. t 
The genus Erythrina of Linnaeus is composed of shrubs or shrub-like plants, occasionally having a subterraneous stem 
with annual sub-herbaceous branches. They are indigenous to the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the whole globe. 
Their stem and leaves are often furnished with prickles ; their leaflets are trifoliate and pinnated, the terminal leaflet 
being at some distance from the other two ; instead of stipules there are stalked glands, small stipules distinct from the 
petioles ; the spikes of the flowers are long ; the pedicels are often in threes ; the flowers are generally red and scarlet, 
and most beautiful ; the seeds are often black, or variegated with black, and brilliant. This splendid species is not 
like any hitherto described, and enumerated in the repertorium of M. Walpers. It approaches Erythrina 
reticulata Presl., but the leaves are glabrous, not wrinkled or downy. Besides, the thick tuberculiform tooth of the 
calyx separates it from all the other species of the genus. The spike is more than 6 inches long ; the flowers arranged 
in threes, are very numerous, and an inch and a half or two inches in length. Their colour is very brilliant, and it is no 
doubt one of the prettiest plants that can be cultivated. It was found in the collection of M. Verleuwen of Ghent, from 
whom it was bought by M. Cachet of Angers, under the erroneous name of Erythrina speciosa. This was in 1832. We 
have given it one which recalls the beauty of its spike. The cultivation does not differ from what is required for the 
Erythrina Corallodendron. The trunk, when well cut in, is placed in a large pot in a temperate house, where it begins to 
grow after February, if, that is to say, it is not wished to force it. In fine weather it may be planted out, and in summer 
it forms a great ornament in our gardens. — Annates de Gand 9 1. 291. 
171. Malesherbia thyrsiflora. Ruiz and P avon . A greenhouse herbaceous or half-shrubby 
red and yellow flowers. Belongs to the Crownworts {Malesherbiacece) . 
with Ions spikes of dull 
llowers in August. 
Messrs 
An erect plant, covered rather thickly with long yellow hairs. The leaves are linear-oblong, somewhat crenate, rugose, 
shorter than the axillary sessile flowers. The calyx forms a rusty reddish yellow tube about 1| inch long, with 10 strong 
veins ; its five divisions are narrowly triangular, a little longer than the petals which have the same form and surface. The 
coronet or " crown n is a narrow membrane at the orifice of the calyx with five lobes usually 3-notched with a small tooth 
between each lobe. Stamens prominent. No doubt there are several perfectly distinct species included under the name 
of thyrsijlora, but as we have no means of settling to which the name most properly belongs, wc leave the question as we 
find it A mere botanical curiosity. 
172. Conoclinitjm Ianthintjm. Morren. A stove herbaceous plant from Brazil, belonging to 
the Composites. Flowers in broad violet flat-headed panicles. Introduced by M. Alex. 
Verschaffelt. 
According to Professor Morren, this is a plant of great beauty. It forms a low soft-wooded shrub, covered with short 
brown down. The leaves are heart-shaped, acute, stalked, serrated, strongly marked with pale veins. The flat heads of 
violet flowers are full six inches across, and appear to consist of numerous entangled many-pointed stars. They have a 
mild honey-like fragrance, with a peculiar aroma. In Ghent it has been regarded with great favour ; but it will hardly 
