CHAP. XLVI. LYTHRA‘CEE. 945 
F. bacillaris Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 1480., is a native of Mexico, introduced in 1829, which grows to 
the height of 5 ft., and produces its rose-coloured flowers all the summer. 
F. hgbrida Swt. is a hybrid of uncertain origin, raised in 1825, and producing its scarlet flowers 
from May to October. It grows 3 ft. or 4 ft. high. 
F. globosa Hort. is supposed to be a hybrid originated between F. macrostémon and F. cénica, 
about 1830. It is remarkable for the globular shape of the calyx before it bursts, when it looks like 
the drop of a coral ear-ring. It is tolerably hardy, and, when killed down to the ground, will 
shoot up again in spring. 
F. g. 2 longiflora Hort. _ A plant bearing this name was exhibited at the Horticultural Society’s 
Garden, May 14. 1836. It closely resembled the species, only differing in oe 
the flower being much larger and longer. = 
F. longiflora Hort., F. longipedunculata Beaton, has been much vaunted; but 
it is chiefly remarkable for its long peduncles. a 
F. speciosa Hort., F. grandiflora Hort., F. pre*cox Hort., and F. Thompsonii 
Hort., are names current in gardens for sorts originated in this country, of va- 
rious degrees of beauty. 
F. excorticata Lin. fil., Skinnera excorticata Forst., (Bot. Reg., 857.; and our 
fig. 668.) has smooth branches, and ovate-lanceolate leaves, with the sepals green 
and purple, and the petals violaceous. The stem and branches, after a few years’ 
growth, throw off the bark in the manner of 4’rbutus Andrachne, by which this 
species is readily distinguished from all others. It is a native of New Zealand, 
where it was discovered by Forster, during one of Captain Cook’s voyages, but 
was not introduced in a living state until 1824. It grows to the height of 5ft. 
or 6 ft., and flowers from June to October. 
Other Varieties are continually being obtained from seed by different cul- 
tivators. Mr. Dennis, of the Grosvenor Row Nursery, Chelsea, has raised a 
great number of these, particularly in 1834; one of which seems to havea 
Piggies: habit, with flowers like thoseof F. globdsa, but smaller. (Gard. Mag., 
xi. p, 582.) 
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CHAP. XLVI. 
OF THE HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER LYTHRA CEE. 
Heimia salicifolia Link et Otto (Swt. Brit. Fl.-Gard., t. 281. ; 
and our fig. 669.), Nesz‘a salicifolia H. B. et Kunth, 7}thrum 
flavum Spreng., is a shrub, growing to the height of 5 ft. or 6 ft. 5 
with willow-like leaves, and lythrum-like yellow flowers, which 
are produced from June to September. It was introduced in 
1821, and requires very little protection. 
H. myrtifolia Hort. Berol., Lythrum apétalum Spreng., has 
smaller leaves than the preceding sort ; but in other respects 
closely resembles it, and is, in all probability, only a variety. It is 
a native of Brazil: was introduced in 1826, and flowers in August 
and September. 
H., linearifilia Hort. is obviously a variety of H. salicifdlia. It 
was introduced in 1826; and, with the two preceding sorts, was, 
in 1834, in abundance in the open garden in the Epsom Nur- 
sery. ° 
H. syphilitica Dec. is a native of Mexico, said to possess pow- 
erful medical properties ; but itis not yet introduced. It grows, 
like the others, from 4 ft. to 6ft. high. 6 
All these plants are easily propagated by cuttings; and they 369 
will grow in any light sandy soil, with a little protection during 
winter. X 
Lagerstree‘mia indica L. (Bot. Mag., t. 405., and our fig. 670.), 
the Pride of India of the Americans, is a splendid shrub, a na- 
tive of China, Cochin-China, and Japan; but not of India, 
notwithstanding its name. It has roundish, ovate, glabrous 
leaves ; many-flowered terminal panicles, and the petals curled 
at the edges, with long claws, somewhat in the manner of Clarkia 
pulchélla, by which alone its flowers may be easily distinguished from those of most other woody 
plants. The petals are flesh-coloured, and the bark and the veins of the leaves of a somewhat red- 
dish brown. It was introduced in 1759, and has stood out, with very little pro- ; 
tection during winter, in the Fulham Nursery, and in other gardens about 
London, for upwards of 10 years ; but it seldom flowers, except in astove. It 
. however, worth cultivating against a conservative wall, for the sake of its 
oliage. 
L. parvifolia Roxb. is a native of the Circar Mountains, in the East Indies ; 
and it was introduced in 1818. Weare not aware of its having been tried against 
a conservative wall; but it is probably as hardy as the preceding and following 
species, both of which have been tried successfully. 
L. regine Roxb. is a native of the Circars and of Java, where it grows to be 
a tree 20 ft. high. It was introduced in 1792, and appears as hardy as L. indica. 
The flowers are nearly two thirds of an inch in diameter; of a beautiful rose 
colour in the morning, growing deeper through the day, until they become 
purple in the evening. The angles of the branches in this, as in all the species, 
are winged. They are all of the easiest culture, and, being decidedly deciduous, 
if their wood is ripened in time, they may be covered with a mat, or with straw, 
during the whole of the winter. In the warmest parts of Devonshire and 
Cornwall, this and the two preceding species may be treated as wall shrubs. 
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