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minosae. Decandria Monogynia. A very scarce, but highly interesting and 

 beautiful species. It is a low, neat evergreen shrubby plant, blooming pro- 

 fusely in early spring months. The flowers are of a lively scarlet, with yellow 

 eye, and rich violet keel. It ought to be in every greenhouse, and may be pro- 

 cured cheap. 



Clitoria tkrnata major. The greater. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Leguminosae. 

 Diadelphia Decandria. The present very splendid flowering variety has been 

 sent to the lady of B. Harrison, Esq., of Blackheath, Kent, from New South 

 Wales. The flowers are much larger than the very fine original species. The 

 very rich azure blu>i pea-shaped flowers, produced freely, give a striking appear- 

 ance. Each blossom is about two inches across, and the rich blue surrounds a 

 white and yellow eye. It ought to be in every warm greenhouse. It is a sub- 

 shrubby, twining evergreen plant. 



Eranthemum yariabile. The variable. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) A native of 

 New Holland. It is a slender, half-shrubby plant, which blooms nearly all the 

 spring and summer in a warm greenhouse, or moderate stove. The flowers are 

 numerously produced in spikes ; they are of a lively purple colour, each blossom 

 about three quarters of an inch across. The rich green leaves are enlivened by 

 silvery-coloured veins. Messrs. Knight and Perry, of Chelsea Nursery, London, 

 possess it. 



Fagopyrum cymosum. Loosk-vlowered. (Bot. Reg. 26.) Polygonaceae . 

 Octandria Trigynia. (Synonym Polygonum " Persicaria " cymosum.) A 

 hardy perennial, blooming from June to September. It grows about two feet 

 high, forms a spreading bush like the other Buckwheats. Flowers white, in 

 profusion. At the Horticultural Society's Garden. 



Muss^nda macrophylla. Large-leaved. (Bot. Reg. 24.) Cinchonaceee' 

 Pentaudria Monogynia. From Nepal. A large spreading shrub, generally 

 erect, but sometimes when vigorous spreads. Leaves large, flowers in terminal 

 corymbs, many flowered, tubular, an inch long, golden yellow. It requires a 

 hot-house treatment. In the garden of the Horticultural Society. 



Oncidium t.acerum. Cut-lippe». (Bot. Reg. 27.) Orchidaceae. Gynan- 

 dria Monandria. From Panama. It has bloomed at Messrs. Loddiges's. It 

 is of the chive-leaved section. The panicle of flowers about six or eight inches 

 long. Each blossom near an inch across, bright yellow with a red stained 

 labellum, and the sepals beautifully dotted with red. 



Oxyrampiiis macrostyla. Long-styi.ed. (Bot. Reg. 28.) Fabaceae. Dia- 

 delphia Decandria. It was deemed a doubtful species of Crotolaria. It is a 

 very pretty greenhouse shrub, blooming freely at the end of summer. It grows 

 a yard high, or more. The pretty pea-like flowers are half crimson and half 

 rose-coloured, and are produced in racemes. 



Sida (Abutilon) vitifoi.ia. We gave a figure of this very beautiful species 

 in a former volume of the Cabinet. Messrs. Veitch had it in splendid bloom 

 last year in the greenhouse, but, as we formerly noticed, it has endured the open 

 air for some years near Dublin. In the greenhouse, however, it is a most charm- 

 ing flowering plant, very much deserving to be grown wherever it can be ad- 

 mitted. It is shrubby, growing from 4 to 6 feet high, flowers in terminal corym- 

 bose racemes, each blossom three inches across, bluish-lilac, the purple and 

 golden styles and anthers furnish a very pretty circular eye at the centre. 



Soi.anuu lycioides. Lycium-like. (Bot. Reg.) Solauaceae. Pentandria 

 Monogynia. Mr. Hurtweg discovered it in Peru, and sent it to the Horticul- 

 tural Society. It is a charming, neat, greenhouse shrub. The flowers are of a 

 very rich sapphire purple, having a golden eye and five reddish plaits. Each 

 blossom is about an inch across ; they are produced in profusion. 



Tourknia edentui.ata. Purpi.k-blotchkd. (Bot. Mag. 4229.) From the 

 Kast Indies. It is an annual, stem erect, much branching. Flowers often three 

 together, forming a raceme ; tubular, an inch long. The limb of five lobes, 

 yellowish-white variegated with purple. Tube pale-green tinged with purple. 

 It bloomed in the stove at Kew very beautifully last summer. 



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