NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 89 



PART II. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 



Noticed since our hit, 

 1, MORNA NIVEA. Snowy. [Eot. Reg. 9, 



ASTERACEae SYNGEN3IA POLYGAMIA 3EQUALIS 



An interesting half hardy annual, raised by R. Mangle's, Esq. from seeds 

 Bent from the Swan River colony. The present species very much resem- 

 bles M. nitidia, excepting the flowers, which are white, whilst those of the 

 other species are yellow. The flowers of this genus are of the character, 

 usually termed everlasting, keeping for years after being gathered, which 

 gives additional interest to their neatness. The flower stems rise to about 

 half a yard high, produces a profusion of blossoms during the summer and 

 autumnal months. 



2. PASSIFLORA NIGELLIFLORA. Nigella flowered Pan ion Flower. 



[Bot. Mag. 3635. 



PASIONFLORIEBe. MONODELPHIA PENTANDKIA. 



Mr. Tweedie discovered this species at St. Jago d'Estero in 1S35, and 

 sent it to the Glasgow Botanic Garden, where it bloomed in the stove dur- 

 ing last summer. The plant much resembles P. citiata or gossypiifolia. 

 The flowers are white, each about an inch and a half across. 



3. THYSANOTUS PROLIf'ERUS. Proliferous. [Bot. Reg. 8. 



LILIAC0SE. HEXAJJDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



This very singularly beautiful greenhouse perennial was raised by R. 

 Mangle's, from seeds sent from the Swan River colony. The flower stem 

 rises about two feet, and bears two or three umbels of its singular tringed 

 flowers, the umbels being two or three inches apart up the stem. Each umbel 

 contains from eight to a dozen blossoms, and a blossom is near anincb, 

 across. The petals are of violet purple, having a lilac line up the middle 

 of each. The edges of the petals are densely feathered with fringe. It is 

 a very neat and desirable plant, well meriting a place in every green- 

 house, Thysamotus, from thusaraotus, fringed, referring to the edges of 

 the petals. 



4. ARISTOLACHIA SACCATA. Pouch-flowered Birth Wort. 



(Bot Mag. 364. 



ARISTOLCCHlEtB. GYNANDRIA HEXANDRtA 



This very singular flowering plant is a native of Silhet, and wa» sent 

 from the Calcutta gard.-n in 1829,to the royal JJotanic Garden Edinburgh, 

 where it bloomed last September. The plant is a twiner, growing to a 

 considerable length. The leaves oval, heart-shaped, from a foot to filteen 

 inches long, and four to six broad. The singularly formed flowers are pro- 

 duced numerously in racemes ; each flower is about five inches long, pouch- 

 formed, the tube turning upwards from the middle, and bending parallel 

 with the other portion of the tube, the inside of the tube is a whitish yel- 



