90 NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



of an inch across, much resembling in appearance the common blue Coil- 

 volvulus, only smaller flowers. It is a very pretty flowering plant, and de- 

 serves a place in the flower garden, blooms from June to August, or even 

 later. Seeds of the plant may be obtained of most of the principal Seeds- 

 men. Pentandria Monogynia. Boraginete. Anchusa, from akhousa, paint ; 

 the roots of one species A. tinctoria, dyeing a red colour. 



3. Calliopsis tinctoria, var. atropurpnrea. {Mound's Bot. Gard.) The genus 

 Coreopsis has been divided, and the deservedly admired plant formerly called 

 Coreopsis tinctoria, is now called Calliopsis bicolor. The present plant ap- 

 pears to be a variety of it. It is an annual plant, growing near a yard high, 

 and produces a profusion of flowers. The rich purple crimson spreads entirely 

 over the face of the corolla in some flowers, while others have only a slight 

 golden-edged rim. The flower is upwards of an inch across. We had seeds 

 of it sent under the name of C. atrosanguinea. It far exceeds in beauty 

 the common kind. Syngenesia Frustranea. Composite. Calliopsis, from 

 Kallistos, most beautiful, and opsin, sight. 



4. Coreopsis diversifolia, Various leaved. {Bot. Mag. 3174.) Synonym, 

 C. auriculata, var. diversifolia. Another handsome and showy annual plant, 

 growing about half a yard high, and producing numerous flowers, of a bright 

 orange colour, having a very small dark eye. The flower is two inches or 

 upwards across. Seeds of this plant were sent from the Texas, to the Glas- 

 gow Botanic Garden, by the late Mr. Drcmmond, in the spring of 1835. 

 The fine coloured large flowers give a very showy appearance, and render 

 the plant desirable for the flower garden. Syngensia Frustanea. Com- 

 posites. Coreopsis, from Korris, a bug, and opsis, a resemblance, referring to 

 the appearance of the seeds. 



5. Coryanthus macrantha, Large flowered. {Bot. Beg. 1841.) Synonym, 

 Gongora macrantha. The flowers of this Orchidfous plant are most extra- 

 ordinary, both in shape and variety of colour. The plant resembles in ap- 

 pearance a Stanhopea. Each flower measures upwards six inches across. 

 The sepals are of a deep yellow, very much spotted with a dull purple. The 

 petals are of a similar colour. The lip is very solid and fleshy, situated 

 upon a dark purple stalk, the end is of a greenish purple colour, formed like 

 a cap, the front of which is of a blood colour, and the sides of a yellow 

 streaked and marked with rosy-crimson. The plant has bloomed in the 

 collection of Mr. Knight, Kiug's-road, Chelsea. 



6. Kennedy a gtabrata, Smooth leaved. A handsome, and very neat flower- 

 ing greenhouse plant, a native of New Holland. The flowers are produced 

 numerously, of a very bright scarlet, each flower having a green eye edged 

 with brown. Each flower is about half an inch across. The plant deserves 

 a place in epery greenhouse. Mr. Knight, of King's-road, Chelsea, pos- 

 sesses plants of this species, with whom it has flowered during the last sum- 

 mer. Diadelphia Decandria. Leguminosce. Kennedya, in compliment to 

 Mr. Kenned v, late of Hammersmith Nursery. 



7. Linaria Canadensis, American Toad-flax. {Bot. Mag. 3473.) Synonym, 

 Antirrhinum Canadense. A hardy annual plant, seeds of which were sent 

 from Texas by Mr. Drdmmond. The plant produces numerous stems, 

 about a foot high, having terminal racemes of large pale purple flowers, 

 which produce a showy appearance, rendering it worthy a place in every 

 Hower garden. Seeds may be obtained of some of the principal seedsmen. 

 Linaria, from Linum, flax ; the leaves of which it resembles. 



8. Lobelia deairrens, winged stemmed. {Bot. Reg. 1842.) A perennial 

 species, a native of Chile. It grows and flowers profusely in the open bor- 

 der, but requires a slight protection in vinter. The plant produces several 

 stems, rising two feet high, and terminating in spikes of pale blue flowers. 

 They are produced from June to September. It may be obtained of the 

 principal Nurserymen and Florists. 



9. Mandragora autumnalis, Autumn flowering Mandrake. The plant is 

 a hardy perennial, a native of Italy, and introduced by the Hon. W. T. H. 



