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PART II. 

 LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



NOTICED IN PERIODICALS. 



Cod'ea Stipularis. — Changeable Cobaea. (Bot. Reg. 25.) Polemoniaceae. 

 Pentandiia Monogynia. Iutruduced by the London Horticultural Society from 

 Mexico. It is a perennial, half-shrubby, climbing plant, like the old Cobaea 

 scandens. It is easily raised by seeds sown in the spring, or by cuttings. Like 

 the latter named species, this grows rapidly, and blooms freely. The flowers 

 are often, oil first opening, of a dull purple, but soon change to a greenish- 

 yellow. 



j35schynanthus maculatus. — Spotted Blush Wort. (Bot. Reg. 28.) Cyr- 

 tandraceaa Didynamia Angiospermia. A native of India, and has bloomed in 

 the fine collection of Mrs. Laurence, Ealing Park. It is a stove plant, requiring 

 a strong heat and moist atmosphere when growing. It is cultivated best when 

 secured to a large piece of rough stick, fixed erect in the pot, the soil being a 

 mixture, sandy peat and leal' mould, with a small portion of loam. The flowers 

 are produced numerously, in umbels of ten or more in each. They are of a vivid 

 crimson, and the end of each corolla of a deep yellow. Each blossom is near 

 two iuches long. In the hot damp sands of India, where ferns and orchideae 

 delight to grow upon rocks and trees, are found many species of the beautiful 

 genus j^Eschynanthus, the stems of which cling to such surfaces, and maintain 

 themselves by their aerial roots, like those of our Ivy. The present species is a 

 desirable one, well deserving a place in every stove collection. 



Impatiens rosea. — Small pink Balsam. (Bot. Reg. 27.) Balsamineae. 

 Pentaudria Monogynia. Introduced by the East India Company from the 

 Himalayas. The paper which contained the seed was marked Woolly-podded 

 Balsam, found growing on old ruins. It appears to require exactly the treat- 

 ment of the old Balsam. The flowers are produced in clusters, as in the old 

 kind ; the sepals are of a deep rose colour ; the petals paler, each blossom being 

 more than an inch across. It is a very interesting species. 



PosoQUEitiA versicolor. — Changeable Posoquery. (Bot. Reg. 26.) Cincho- 

 naceac. Pentandiia Monogynia. Avery handsume stove, shrubby plant, a native 

 of Cuba, imported by Messrs. Loddiges, with whom it has lately flowered. The 

 flowers are near six inches long, pendulous, changing from white to crimson, 

 through pink. It is a very interesting and beautiful flowering plant, well 

 deserving a place in every collection. 



Bomarea acutikolia, vah. punctata. — Sharp-leaved speckled variety. (Bot. 

 Mag. 3871.) Amaryllidacea, Subord. Alstraemeiiformes. A native of Caraccas, 

 imported from thence by T. Harris, Esq., of Kingsbury Grove. The flowers are 

 produced in umbels, ten or more in each. The sepals are of an orange red 

 colour; the petals of a bright yellow, spotted with brown. It will flourish with 

 same treatment as the hardier Alstraemerias. 



Cuocus Annui.atus Adamicus. — Mons. Adam's variety. (Bot. Mag. 38G8.) 

 Iridaceac. Triandria Monogynia. Flowers pale blue, lined with dark; edges 

 white, and a yellow centre. 



Crocus laoenavlobus var. lacteus i.utescens. — Pale yellow gourd-shaped 

 Crocus. Flowers pale sulphur, with a deep yellow centre. 



Chorozema spkctaiiii.k. From the Swan River Colony, and has bloomed 

 with Mr. Standish, nurseryman, Bagshot. It is a climbing plant, of small size, 

 but admirably suited for covering a small trellis frame, usually fixed m a garden 

 I r.t. The flowers are of a pale orange, with a slight tinge of crimson, very 

 handsome, and are produced numerously. It well deserves a place in every 

 greenhouse. 



Bbuonia incana. John Rogers, Esq., imported this new species from Mexico. 

 The flowers are produced in a downv panicle; white. 



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