264 NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



the leaves of H. Celsii. The flowers are of the richest intense blue, and renders 

 the plant one of the most charming greenhouse plants grown, and deserves a 

 place in every greenhouse. 



Hovea. (Novae species.) Another new species raised by Mr. Knight. The 

 leaves are long, narrow, strap-shaped, and pointed, somewhat like H. pungens. 

 The flowers are rather lighter coloured than those of H. pungens aud a little 

 less. It is a very pretty and interesting plant. 



Brachysema bracteata. The foliage is long, lanceolate, and the plant is of 

 an erect and stiff habit, shrubby aud not climbing. The flowers are of a deep 

 rich crimson, and renders the plant a very ornamental and striking object. It 

 has bloomed in the collection of Messrs. Hendersons', Pine Apple Nursery, Edg- 

 ware Road, London. 



Begonia hydrocotylii'olia. The leaves rise about three inches high, and 

 the flower stems from six to eight. The blossoms are of a delicate pink colour, 

 and in elegant panicles. We saw it in the collection at Kew, and enumerated 

 it in the list we gave of the kinds grown there in our number for March last. 



Doucki.aeria divkksifolta. A neat little hothouse, very branching shrubby 

 plant, growing about eight inches high. The leaves are green on the upper 

 side and of crimson red beneath. The flowers are of a pale blue, and the 

 plant is literally covered with them. It has bloomed at Messrs. Youngs', of 

 Epsom Nursery. 



Campanula punctata. This is a very showy and handsome species. The 

 flowers are in firm, and nearly the size too, of the common Canterbury Bell, of a 

 light cream colour, spotted inside with dark. We saw it in the collection of 

 Messrs. Hendersons hardy herbaceous plants. 



Digitalis minor." A pretty flowering species growing a foot high ; the flowers 

 are blush, spotted inside with dark. An interesting addition to the border 

 flowers. It is in the collection of Mr. Henderson. 



Bignonia Fkei'.mannia. The leaves and stems are hairy. The foliage is 

 very fine, pinnate, serrated, twelve on a footstalk. It is from the Gold Coast, 

 and sent to Messrs. Loddiges's, of Hackney. It has not yet bloomed in this 

 country, but is a noble looking plant. 



Begonia Pheseuiana. A pretty species of this interesting tribe; the leaves 

 are about nine inches long, of a shining green, the edges being hairy. The 

 flowers are of a French lilac colour, in fine panicles. At Messrs. Loddiges's. 



Nouunti Braziliensis. The foliage is fine, very similar to the Rhododen- 

 dron Catawbiense. The plant is a climber apparently. It has not yet bloomed 

 with Messrs. Loddiges's. 



Bignonia laurifoua. A fine looking plant, its laurel-like foliage, of a bright 

 shining green, being handsome. It has not bloomed at Messrs. Loddiges's. 



Franciscia vili.osa. The plant has much the appearance of Sollya hetero- 

 phylla, with a broader leaf. It is a climbing plant. Not yet bloomed witli 

 Messrs. Loddiges's. 



Gardenia am.ena. A very neat bushy plant with small leaves. Not yet 

 bloomed with Messrs. Loddiges's. 



Ixora alba. The foliage is very fine, like a thick-leaved Rhododendron. The 

 flowers, it is said, are of a pure white, and is a very valuable addition to this fine 

 flowering genus, making a beautiful contrast with the scarlet and orange 

 coloured kinds. 



Ixora Tweedia. The foliage is of the middle size, a leaf being about two 

 inches long. It forms a very neat dwarf bush. Neither of the above were in 

 bloom, and, we understood, had not yet flowered with Messrs. Loddiges's. 



Echites Gibsoni. The foliage has much the appearance of the well-known 

 old stove plant Jasminium Sambac. It is stated " that it is a very fine species" 

 of this interesting genus. At Messrs. Loddiges's. 



