290 NEW ANU RARE PLANTS. 



Kreysigia hultivloua. — Many-flowered. (Bot. Mag. 3905.) iJelanthacese. 

 Hexandria Monogynia. A half hardy herbaceous plant, a native of New South 

 \\ ales, from whence it was sent to the Botanic Gardens at Kew. The foliage 

 is much like that of the Lily of the Valley, but the stem grows erect, flexuose. 

 The flowers are produced freely of a pretiy rose colour, each blossom being an 

 inch across. It blooms for the greater part of summer. 



Lasiopetalum macrophylll-m. — Large-leaved. (Bot. Mag. 3908.) Bytt- 

 neriaceae. Pentandria Monogynia. A native of New South Wales. It has 

 recently bloomed in the greenhouse of the Edinburgh Botanic Garden. It is an 

 erect growing shrub, rising several feet high, branching leaves six inches long, 

 broad. The flowers are produced in corymbs of ten or twelve in each, at the 

 axil of every leaf. Each blossom is near an inch across, of a whitish-green, with 

 dark stigmas, giving a pretty effect. 



Pkbpusa. Hookewana.— Scarlet and white-flowered. (Bot. Mag. 3909.) 

 Gentianea?. Hexandria Monogynia. A native of Brazil. It is grown at Kew 

 and Glasgow Botanic Gardens. In its native state it grows in large patche- ill 

 moist exposed places, blooming in March and April. It is a perennial, her- 

 baceous plant, growing half a yard high. The flower stems are of a beautiful 

 pink. The flowers are nodding, each an inch and a half long. The calyx is 

 inflated, of a pale pinkish-red colour. The limb of the corolla, being the only 

 part seen, is of a yellowish-white, near an inch across. The Lychnis roseu.s 

 flowers give an idea of the form of those of our 'present plant, only the latter are 

 four times the size. It is a very interesting and pretty plant. 



Rhododendron Giksoni. — Mr. Gibson's rose-bay. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Eri- 

 caceae. Decandria Monogynia. From the Khoseea Hills in the East Indies to 

 the Chatsworth Collection, where it has recently bloomed. The habit and foliage 

 of the plant aie (mite novel among Rhododendrons, and approach nearer to the 

 Azulla. The flowers are however those of a Rhododendron, and for size, de- 

 licacy of tint, and beautiful yellow spotting on the upper segment are almost 

 unrivalled. Each blossom is more than three inches and a half across, whitish, 

 tinged with pink, and the top segment spotted with yellowish brown. The plant 

 grows erect, branching, and blooms most profusely. It deserves a place in 

 every greenhouse or conservatory. It must be seen in order properly to ap- 

 preciate its merits. Mr. Paxton has named it after the person who discovered 

 it. 



Witsenia macra.— Dark-flowered. (Pax. Bot. Mag. '221.) Iridacea?. Tri- 

 andria Monogynia. A native of the Cape of Good Hope ; we saw it in bloom 

 the last summer at Mr. Low's Nursery, Clapton. Its manner of growth is 

 somewhat like the W. corymbosa ; hut grows much more vigorous, and higher. 

 The flowers are produced in pairs, and have a very long tube which is green on 

 the lower patt and gradually merges into a blackish-purple at the top ; each 

 flower is upwards of three inches long. 



PLANTS NOTICED IN BOTANICAL REGISTER NOT FIGURED. 



Ci.erodenduon spi.endens. Imported from Sierra Leone, and is now in bloom 

 in the stove collection of Mr. Knight, of King's Road, Chelsea. From most 

 other species of Clerodeudrou it is distinct, being a climbing plant, but does 

 not ramble. The leaves are very like those of Combretum purpureum, in fact 

 it has much the habit of that plant. The flowers are produced in clusters near 

 the tips of the shoots, and though not large are very showy, being of splendid 

 deep scarlet colour. It begins to bloom at an early period of its growth, and 

 it appears to be a plant that will continue long in bloom. It is a valuable ac- 

 quisition to our climbers and well deserves a place wherever practicable. 



Dyckia ai.tissima. — From Buenos Ayres, to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 

 and has bloomed in the greenhouse of the London Horticultural Society. The 

 flower stem js slender, rising six feet high. The flowers resemble those of D. 

 rariflora, but not quite so brilliant. 



