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produced from June to September, and make a very showy appearance. It 

 is probable that in sheltered, and sunny situations, the plant would flourish if 

 grown in the open border. The plant may be procured of most of the public 

 nurserymen. Pentandria Monogynia. Solanese. Lycium, from Luhion, 

 the name of a thorny shrub ; referring to the many thorns the plant contains. 



10. Oenothera humifusa, Pencilled flowered. (Bot. Beg. 1829.) A creeping 

 annual plant, producing a profusion of bright rose coloured flowers. It com- 

 poses a patch of some extent, having a neat and striking appearance. Each 

 flower is near an inch across. The plant deserves a place in every flower 

 garden. It is cultivated in the splendid collection of Mrs. Marryatt, at 

 Wimbledon, near London ; and from the circumstance of producing seeds 

 freely, we expect it will soon be in the hands of the public. 



11. Oncidhtm Bussellianum, The Duke of Bedford's Oncidiura. Sent from 

 Rio Janeiro to the gardens at Woburn last year, where it has bloomed. The 

 flowers are produced on a raceme, each having about four or five. Each 

 flower is about an inch and a half across. The sepals are of a brown purple 

 colour, edged with greeu. The labellum is lilac, with a purple centre 

 edged with white. Gynandria Monandria. Orchideae. Oncidium, from 

 Ogkidion, a tubercle ; alluding to two prominences on the lip. 



12. Pentslemon Cohea, Cobasa flowered. (Bot. Mag. 3465.) By far the 

 most splendid of this showy genus. The specific name was applied to the 

 present perrennial plant, in consequence of its strong resemblance to the 

 flowers of the Cobrea scandens. The flowers are produced in a spiked ter- 

 minal panicle. Each flower is of a whitish purple outside, inside white, 

 with a yellowish throat, streaked with red. The flower stems rise about two 

 feet high. [In November, 1835, we received a drawing of this splendid 

 species, representing four flowers, from a friend in Glasgow ; they were not 

 as large as those of the Cobrea, but about two inches long, and one and a 

 half across the mouth of the corolla. The drawing had been made from 

 memory only, not having a living specimen. — Conductor.] This very 

 showy species ought to be in every flower garden. Didynamia Angios- 

 permia. ScrophulariiKe. Pentstemon, (rompente, five, and stemon, stamen. 



13. Saracha viscosa. Clammy. This plant is a native of Peru. It has 

 all the general appearance of a Solanum. Its only distinction is its fila- 

 ments being woolly at the base, closing up the tube, and having heart-shaped 

 anhters. This plant is a greenhouse shrub, growing about half a yard high. 

 The flowers are whitish, an inch and a half across, succeeded by a berry of 

 a fine red colour, the size of a May Duke Cherry. Pentandria Monogynia. 

 Solanem. Saracha, in compliment to J. Saracha, a Spanish botanist 



14. Sarcochilus falcalus, Falcate-leaved. A very pretty flowering Or- 

 chideous plant, cultivated by R. Bateman, Esq., at Kuypersley Hall, Messrs. 

 Loddiges, and others. It is a native of New Holland, sent in 1821. The 

 flowers are produced on a short raceme of about three inches long, each 

 having from three to six flowers. The flower is about three quarters of an 

 inch across; white with a slight tinge of yellow, and red at the centre. 

 Gynandria Monandria. Orchideie. Sarcochilus, from Sarx, flesh; and 

 cheilos, a lip. 



15. Telekia speciosa, Large-flowered. (Bot. Mag. 34C6.) Synonym, Bup. 

 thalmum cordifolium, B. speciosum, Inula Caucasica, I. macrophylla. An old 

 showy flowering inhabitant of our gardens. Stem rising six feet high, pro- 

 ducing yellow flowers, about four inches across. It is a hardy perennial. 

 Syngenesia Superflua. Compositse. 



18. Trifolium reflexum, Buffalo Clover. Seeds of this handsome flowering 

 Clover were sent from Texas by Mr. Drummond, in 1835. The plant is 

 hardy, herbaceous. Stems grow about nine inches high, crowned with large 

 heads of beautiful rose-coloured flowers. It merits a place in every flower 

 garden. Blooms from June to August. Diadelphia Decandria. Legumi- 

 nosae. Trifolium, from tres, three, and folium, leaf ; three leaves on each 

 stalk. 



