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PART II. 



LIST OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



Acacia autriformis. Coulter-shaped leaved. (Pax. Mag Bot.) Legu- 

 minosae. Polygamia Monaecia. In the spring season the greenhouse Acacias 

 and Mimosas are the prettiest ornaments, laden, as they usually are, with a 

 profuse mass of globular heads of golden flowers. The light, airy, and elegant 

 appearance oftheplauts, especially when in bloom, is such, that they merit a place 

 in every greenhouse. The present species is a native of New Holland, and has 

 been in this country some few years. It is a very handsome flowering plant, 

 and can be procured at most of the Nursery establishments at a trifling cost. 



Andromeda phyllirjefolia. Phillyrea-leaved Andromedi. (Bot. Reg. 

 36.) Ericaceae. Decandria Monogynia. A native of West Florida, from whence 

 it was sent by the late Mr. Drummond. It is a neat evergreen shrubby green- 

 house plant, and has bloomed in Messrs. Loddiges's collection. It is probable 

 that it will even endure in the open air in the milder parts of this country. It 

 requires peat soil, and a similar treatment to Andromeda floribunda. The flowers 

 are of a snow-white, and hang in rows like pearls on a Negro's neck, in contrast 

 with the very dark green foliage. Each blossom is about half an inch long, about 

 the size of the Irish Heath blossoms. 



Begonia Meyerii. Mr. Meyer's Begonia. (Bot. Mag. 4100.) Bego- 

 niaceae. Monaecia Polyandria. Native country unknown. It has been sent 

 from the Berlin Garden to this country. It is a tall growing, stove species. 

 Leaves large, ovate, of a pale green, slightly tinged with red. Flowers white, 

 produced uumerously in large panicles. 



Calanthe Masuca. Lilac Cai.anthe. (Bot. Reg. 37.) Orchidaceae. Gy- 

 nandria Monandria. A native of Nepal, in the collection of Messrs. Rollisou's, 

 of Tooting. Sepals lilac inside, white outside. Petals lilac. Labelium violet- 

 purple. Each blossom is about two inches and a halt across. 



Ceanothus thyrsiflorus. Thyrse-fi.owering. (Bot. Reg. 38.) Rham- 

 naceae. Pentandria Monogynia. Seeds of it have been sent to the London 

 Horticultural Society by R. B. Hinds, Esq., who discovered it at San Francisco 

 and Monterey; also found in California. The Horticultural Society have dis- 

 tributed it liberally, under the name of C. divaricatus, but it proves to be C. 

 thyrsiflorus. It is a perfectly hardy shrub, with evergreen foliage of a glossy 

 green, and produces numerous dense panicles of bright blue flowers. The plants 

 we have seen in bloom have a very beautiful appearance. It deserves to be in 

 eveiy shrubbery, or trained against an ornamental wall, trellis, &c. It grows 

 rapidly, and soon makes a cover. 



Clitoria fulgens. Bright-flowered. (Box. Mag. Bot.) Leguminosae. 

 Diadelphia Decandria. It is a native of the Organ Mountains of Brazil, seeds 

 of it were sent to Messrs. Veitch's. of Exeter, who exhibited a plant in bloom at 

 the May show in the Chiswick gardens. It is a hot-house, twining, evergreen 

 sub-shrub. The flowers are produced from the axils of the leaves in clustered 

 headx, on a wiry stem about six inches lung. Each blossom, pea-formed, is 

 about an inch long, and the same across, of a rich crimson-red colour. The 

 plant appears to bloom freely, and is well deserving a place wherever practicable. 



CuMMlNGlA TRIMACULATA. TilREE-SPOTTED FLOWERED. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) 



Liliaceae. Hexandria Monogynia. A native of Chili. The flower-stalk grows 

 about a foot high, and is crowned witli a loose and spreading panicle of pretty, 

 pendulous, bell-shaped blossoms, attached to short pedicels. Each blossom is 

 nearly two inches across, of a rich blue colour, with a circle of white, and another 

 of black near the centre. It is a very interesting and pretty flowering plant. 



Ionium Younuianum. Mr. Young's Housei.euk. (Bot. Reg. 35.) Cros- 

 guleaceae. Dodecandria Dodecagynia. A native of the Canary Islands. The 

 leaves are large, fleshy. The flowers are produced numerously in large panicles. 

 Each blossom is about an inch across, yellow. 



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