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Besleria ; shrubby below, and herbaceous above. The flowers are tubular, 

 yellow, an inch long, covered with yellow hairs. Calyx a rich purple-red 

 colour, which produces a striking contrast with the yellow flower. 



Gesneuia Hondensis. Gesneriaceae. Didynamia Angiospermia. (Bot. 

 Mag. 4217.) Discovered in New Grenada, and sent to the Royal Gardens of 

 Kew. The flower-stem is a foot high, bearing numerous flowers. Each 

 blossom about an inch long, orange-red and yellow, covered with red hairs. 



Fuoosia hetekophym.a. Vauious-i.eaved. (Bot. Mag. 4218.) Malvaceae. 

 Monadelphia Polyandria. A shrubby plaut, sent from St. Martha, by Mr. 

 Purdie, to the lloyal Gardens of Kew. The appearance of the flowers is like 

 those of Turneria ulmifolia, yellow, with five spots at the centre forming an eye, 

 producing a pleasing contrast. The plant blooms freely, and is very pretty. 



Catasetum cai.losum ; var. grandifi.orum Tumour-lipped. Orchideae. 

 Gynandria Monandria. From Columbia, and has bloomed in the collection at 

 Syon Gardens. The flower-scape a foot long. Sepals and petals of a greenish- 

 purple. Lip dark green and red purple. Very singular in shape, and pretty. 



Kopsia fruticosa. Shrubby. (Bot. Mag. 4220.) Apocynace*. Pentan- 

 dria Monogynia (synonym Cerbera 'fruticosa). From Pegu. An elegant hot- 

 house shrub. The flowers are like those of Vinea rosea ; nearly double the size, 

 and fragrant. Very pretty and ornamental ; produced in coryrabous heads. 



Lancasteria parviflora. Smai.i.-fi.owered. (Bot. Reg. 12.) Acan- 

 thacea?. Didynamia Angiospermia. From the west coast of Africa. A pretty 

 winter-flowering plant for the hothouse, and a charming companion to the old 

 well-known beautiful Eranthemum pulchellum, with its rich blue flowers. Our 

 present plant is profuse in blooming ; the flowers tubular, slender, an inch long; 

 the five-parted limb nearlv half an inch across, rich yellow at first, and changing 

 paler. They are produced in clusters at the joints of the branches very nume- 

 rously. It is in the collection of Mr. Glendiuning, of Turnham Green. 



Ruellia 7.H.AC1NA. Lilac-flowered. (Bot. Reg. 13.) Acauthaceae. Didy- 

 namia Angiospermia (synonym R. longiflura). It is a very charming shrubby 

 species, blooming very profusely in panicled spikes. Each blossom has a tube 

 about au inch and a half long, and the five-parted funnel-shaped limb is about 

 an inch and a half across ; a beautiful rosy-lilac colour. 



Cuphea STiiiQii.r.osA. Coarse-hairld. (Bot. Reg. 14.) Lythraceee. Dode- 

 candria Monogynia. From Mexico, and is in the Horticultural Society's col- 

 lection at Chiswick It is a greenhouse shrub, growing and blooming freely. 

 Each flower is 'near an inch long, orange, green, and scarlet in colons, and 

 appear like small flowers of the Tropaeolum trieolorum. It is a neat and pretty 

 plant, blooming for several months successively. 



Dkndrobium aduncum. Hooked Dendrobk. (Bot. Reg. 15.) Orchideae. 

 Gynandria Monandria. From Calcutta, and has bloomed with Messrs. Lod- 

 diges. The flowers are produced in a pendulous raceme, several together, up 

 short laterals. Each blossom is an inch across, a beautiful transparent rosy- 

 pink colour. 



Ptkrostigma grandiflora. Larue-flowerkd. (Bot. Reg. 16.) Schro- 

 phuUriacea?. Didynamia Angiospermia. This new plant has been sent by 

 Mr. Fortune from llong Kong to the London Horticultural Society's garden. 

 It appears to be a gieenhouse herbaceous plant, growing erect, two feet high. 

 The flower is tubular, much like the common snapdragon, about an inch and a 

 half long, of a rich purple blue. It is a very pretty flowering plant. 



Mui.gedium macrohhizon. Laroe-rooteu. (Bot. Reg. 17.) Asteraceae. 

 Syngenesia Polygamia. Seeds of this very pretty Succory were sent by Dr. 

 Boyle, from Cashmere or Thibet, to the London Horticultural Society. It is a 

 trailing perennial plant, well suited for a rock-work ; blooming, so as to form a 

 large carpet of lively blue, for a long time during the later summer and autumn 

 months. 



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