MISCELLANY OP NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE. 113 



PART II. 



MISCELLANY 



OF 



NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE. 



Neio or Rare Plants. 



Anona palustris. Water or Alligator Apple Tree. (Bot. Mag 4^6 ) 

 Anonacesc. Polyandria Monogynia. This plant was long since introducedTnto 

 this country from the West Indies, but is still very rare. It is an evergreen 

 tree, growing in its native country five yards high. The flowers are produced 

 singly, each blossom about an inch acrossfpetals thick and fleshy, pale greenish- 

 yellow, with a red blotch within. The fruit is the size of a largish apricot, a 

 yellowish-brown outs.de, and deep orange within. A plant has recently fruited 

 in the hothouse in the gardens of Mrs. Sherborne, of Hurst House, near Prescott 



in Lancashire ««.»^«i,j 



Aristolochia Gigantea. Gigantic-flowered. (Bot. Mas 4^21 1 Ari« 

 toloch.ee.. Gynandria Hexandria. It is a native of Brazil, and 'has bloomed in 

 the hothouse collection of Messrs. Lncoii.be, Pir.ce, and Co., of Exeter Nursery 

 It is an extensive climber. The Perianth (flower) is about ten inches lone. 

 Jhe tube is bent like a syphon of a creamy-white tinged with green ; it then 

 expands mio a large shell-like limb; the outside crefm-coloured, netted with 



uTery Steresting! y ' *** ^ *"*** ^^^ o£ > rple veinS rendets 



Bouvardia lohqifloba. Long-flowered. (Bot. Mag. 4223.) Rubiaceas. 

 Tetrandna Monogynia. A native of Mexico, which has been received into the 

 gardens of the Earl of Derby, Knowsley Park, near Prescott. It is a branching 

 t?t fl T nng ab ™ Jantl y- The flowers are produced in terminal corymbous 

 heads, each corymb hav.ng from ten to twelve blossoms. The flowers are very 

 fragrant, pure white. Each blossom has a slender tube near two inches long, 



ell! 1 ° l ! r , t0p " Sprea i dln > r Petals are an inch across - II is a most charming 

 spec.es well deserving to be grown in every greenhouse ; and if it be as hardy 

 as the former species, will make a valuable plant for the open air, in the flower 

 garden, during summer. r ' " 



Eranthemum albiflorum." White-flowered. (Bot. Ma^ 4225^ Ann 

 thace*. D.andria Monogynia. Messrs. Lucombe, Knee, and Co., of Exeter 

 Nursery, obtained seeds of this very pretty flowering species from Bahii Its 

 foliage is large and handsome, and it bears long branching spikes of pure white 

 blossoms The plant .s shrubby, and grows about two and\ half feeffi. It 

 requires to be grown .., the hothouse, or a very warm greenhouse. This pretty 

 white-flowcred spec.es will contrast beautifully with the fine rich blue of that 

 deservedly-esteemed species E. pulchellum/ Each blossom is about tnree 

 quarters of an inch across. " ee 



T? P ^ E fv NBR n Gerau » i , ana ; A native of South America, obtained by the Verv 

 Rev the Dean of Manchester; it has bloomed with Messrs. RolIisson f s, and 

 L2,"hL ° rr t a ; ne ' r , Ls( lV 0i Wellington Lodge, near Carshalton. It very much 

 resembles the G. zebrina. The terminal spikes of flowers are large 7 Each 



fifi with rell. tW ° mChe " l0ng ' Star ' et al5 ° Ve aDd >' e " 0W Wow, US* 



iNniaoFBRA decora. The Comely. (Bot. Reg. 22.^ Fabaceae Dia 



delphia Decai.dna. A dark green handsome'busby slfn.b, sent frTS'nuSry 



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