42 NI'.W AND KAHF. PLANTS. 



Ismi'.sk Amancaes, Narcissus flowered. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Synonym, 

 Pancratium; Amancaes; Amaryllidea; Hexandria; Monogynia. A native 

 of the hills of Amancaes, near Lima, in Peru, where it grows in vast abundance, 

 producing a profusion of its fine yellow flowers. It was introduced into this 

 country in 1804. It merits a place in every stove collection of Liliaceas plants. 

 The piant grows about two feet high, seadingforth a scape near a yard high, 

 containing several flowers, each about six inches long, delightfully fragrant. 

 The limb portion of the blossom is about four inches across. It is cultivated 

 by Messrs. Rollinsons, Tooting Nursery. Ismene, after Ismene, daughter of 

 CEdipus. 



7. Lilidm peregrjnum, Narrow sepalled white Lily. (Brit. Flow. Gard., 

 367.) Liliacie; Hexandria; Monogynia. An old inhabitant of tbe gardens 

 in this country, but which has nearly disappeared. It is, however, cultivated 

 in the very select collection of R. H. Jenkinson, Esq., Norbiton Hall, Kingston, 

 Surry. The flower stem rises about a yard high, terminating in a spike of ten 

 or twelve flowers. They are campanulate, drooping, of a pure white. Each 

 flower is about three inches long. 



8. CEnothera friticosa, var. AMBIGDA. Shrubby Evening Primrose. 

 (Bot. Mag., 354;3.) Onagraria; Octandria; Monogynia. Dr.' Hooker de- 

 scribes the following varieties, viz. : — O. fruticosa vera, 0. f. ambigua, O. f. 

 phyllopus, O. f. incana, O. f. Frazerii, O. f. linearifolia. Oenothera fructi- 

 cosa, is a species, widely extended throughout North America, from Canada 

 to Carolina; but so variable in its foliage and hairyness, as to have suggested 

 the idea of their being the several species above enumerated. All of them are 

 handsome border flowers, producing yellow blossoms, which continue for a long 

 time. Any of thern would be ornamental to the flower garden. 



9. Oncidiim crispvm, Curled flowered. (Bot. Reg., 1920.) Orchidacere; 

 Gynandria; Monandria. This very singular and noble -looking species is a 

 native, of Brazil, and has bloomed in the fine collection of Richard Harrison, 

 Esq., Liverpool, Messrs. Loddiges's, and others in this country. In its native 

 habitation, on tbe Orgean mountains, in Brazil, it has been found that a single 

 stalk produced from fifty to sixty flowers. Each blossom is two inches, or up- 

 wards, across, of a dark chesnut-brown colour, most singularly handsome, 

 being unrivalled in its tribe. This very interesting genus abounds in the 

 tropical parts of America, and are found growing profusely in the highest 

 mountains. One species, 0. nnbigenum, has been discovered, where the air is 

 nearly freezing, on the mountains of Peru, at the elevation of fourteen thou- 

 sand feet above the sea. There are many handsome flowering kinds already 

 introduced into this country, s nm 1 of which are but of recent importation. 

 One species, O. orniihorhyncknm, a native of Mexico, produces flowers of a 

 beautiful rose colour. O. tunatum, a beautiful little species from Demerara. 

 There have been many other fine species discovered which have not yet been 

 s 'tit to this country, viz. : — 0. macrantham, from Guayaquil; O. pictum, from 

 Pern; O. tigrinum, from Mexico ; O. deltoideum, from Peru ; O. gracile from 

 Brazil ; O. isopterum, from Brazil ; O. leucochilum, from Mexico ; ( ). lu- 

 natum, from Demerara; O. maculosam, from Brazil; O. Martianum, from 

 Brazil; O. ramsurn, from Brazil ; O. reflexum, from Mexico; O. ramiferuni, 

 from Brazil; O. retusum, from Peru. 



10. Potentilla Thomasii, Thomas's Cinquefoil Roseacese. (Brit. Flow. 

 Gard.) Icosandria; Polygyria. This is far the handsomest of tbe yellow 

 flowered kinds. It was discovered by M. Thomas, a botanical collector, on 

 Mount Pollinae, in Italy. It is cultivated in the very superb collection of Mrs. 

 Marryat, Wimbledon, where it bloomed the last season. It is quite hardy, and 

 certainly merits a place in every flower garden. The plant grows about one 

 foot high, and crowned by large corymbous heads of fine lemon coloured 

 flowers. Each blossom is more than an inch cross. 



11. Rosa sinica, Three-leaved China Rose. (Bot. Reg., 1922.) The plant 

 is well deserving a place against a good aspected wall, or similar situation. It 

 grows rapidly, and is well suited as a climber for covering a wall or trellis. 

 The foliage is of a shining gre.n. The flowers are produced in profusion of a 

 pure snow-white. They are single, but being so beautifully white, and each 

 more than three incites across, renders it highly ornamental. The rose is 



