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PART II. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



Cvnogi.ossum anchasoides. — Bugloss-flowered Houndstongue. (Bot. Reg. 

 14.) Boraginea?. Pentandria Monogynia. A native of Cashmere or Thibet. 

 in the East Indies, sent to the London Horticultural Society, and bloomed in 

 the garden then.' in 1841. It is a hardy perennial, having much the appearance 

 of a Bugloss, blooming freely in July and August. The blossoms in bud are 

 deep red, when expanded, blue, each flower being near half an inch across. 



Stvi.idium Bhunonianum. — Brown's Stylewoit. (Bot. Reg. 15) Sty- 

 lidiacere. Gynandria Diandria. From the Swan River Colony, and is remark- 

 able for the line bloom that oveispreads all its parts and for the whorls of leaves 

 which surround its flower stem. It is one of the neatest greenhouse perennials, 

 producing numerous spikes, about six inches long, of its pretty bright rose- 

 coloured flowers. Each blossom is about half an inch across. During winter it 

 requires to be kept rather dry, and on a shelf in the greenhouse where it is airy 

 and light. In the growing season it requites a free supply of water. It readily 

 increases by seeds. It deserves a place in every greenhouse. 



Gbsnkra zebuina, — The Zebra Gesncra. (Bot. Reg. 16.) Gesneraceae. 

 Didynamia Angiospermia. Most probably a native of South America, and 

 whether in bloom or leaf is strikingly beautiful. The flowers are produced very 

 numerously in a subcorymbose spike, each blossom being about an inch and a 

 half long, hanging gracefully at the end of long slender stalks, and are of the 

 richest scarlet and yellow, variegated with numerous crimson spots. It 

 flourishes well in a damp stove of a moderate temperature, and it is probable would 

 flourish in a warm greenhouse. We saw it in bloom at Mr. Low's, of Clapton 

 Nursery, in one of that temperature, in October, 1841. Messrs. Vcitch and 

 Son, of Exeter, possess it too, with whom it has also bloomed. It deserves a 

 place wherever it can be grown. 



Saussurea pui.cheli.a. — Pretty. (Bot. Reg. 18.) Compcsitae. Syngenesia 

 Polygamia ./Equalis. This hardy herbaceous perennial plant has a good deal 

 the appearance of a common Centaurea nigra, the flowers are somewhat larger. 

 It grows about two feet high. 



Cypripedium iiAitB.vruai — Bearded Ladies' Slipper. Cypripedeae. Gynan- 

 dria Diandria. (Bot. Reg. 17.) A native of the Straits of Malacca, and has 

 bloomed in the collection of Messrs. Loddiges's. Sepals white, with purple and 

 green lines. Petals green, witli a deep purple end. Labellum brown and 

 purple. 



M txii.i.ARiA, cruenta, — Blood-stained. (Bot. Reg. 13.) Orchidacea?. 

 Gynandria Monatldria. A native of Guatemala, and was sent from thence, by 

 Mr. Skinner, as a variety of Aromatica, The flowers are of a deep yellow, the 

 labellum being spotted with red. Each blossom is about four inches across. 



Ii'om.ev l'icii-oi.iA. — Fig-leaved. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Convolvulaceae. Pen- 

 tandria Monogynia. Messrs. Salter and Wheeler, nurserymen, of Bath, intro- 

 duced this handsome species, but do not know its native country; we find it 

 do well in a warm greenhouse, climbing rapidly, and blooming very profusely. 

 It is a very ornamental plant for the end of summer and through autumn. It is 

 a very desirable plant for (raining round a wire trellis in a pot, in which it does 

 admirably. Each flower is about three inches and a halt across, of a showy 

 rotiy-violet colour, the eye being of a deep crimson. 



Acacia PLATYPETAT.A. — Broad petalled. (Bot. Mag.) Mimosa?. Polygamia 

 Monu'cia. From the Swan River, and has bloomed in the select collection of 

 Mrs. VV ray, at Oakfield, near Cheltenham. It is a most profuse bloomer, and 

 gives a fine display of its neat lich yellow-coloured flowers. It deserves a place 

 in every greenhouse. Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, and Mr. Low, of Clapton, have 

 it in their collections. It blooms at the end ol summer and through autumn. 



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