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lines of deep purple. The inflated tubular portion resembles a bird's head 

 and beak. It is singularly pretty. 



Chirita sinensis. Chinese Chirita. (Bot. Reg. 30.) Cyrtandracea?. 

 Didynamia Angiospermia. Sent from China by Mr. Fortune, to the garden of 

 the London Horticultural Society. It is a charming little greenhouse plant, 

 requiring the treatment of a Gloxinia. The flower stems rise about five or six 

 inches high, each having two or three blossoms. The flowers are fox-glove 

 formed, of a beautiful lilac colour ; a separate blossom is about two inches long. 

 It is a very pretty and interesting plant, well deserving to be in every green- 

 house. Mr. Fortune has been sent to China by the Horticultural Society, in 

 order to collect plants. 



Echinocactus Penti.andi. Red-fi.owf.reo. (Bot. Mag. 4124.) Caetea? 

 Icosandria Monogynia. In the collection at the Royal Gardens of Kew. It. is 

 of a globular form. The flowers are about two inches long, of a rose-red colour. 



Gesneria Gardneri. Mr. Gardner's. (Bot. Mag. 4121.) Gesneriacea?. 

 Didynamia Angiospermia. Mr. Gardner found it on the Organ Mountains of 

 Brazil, growing in rocky places from two to four feet high. It has bloomed in 

 the College Botanic Garden, Dublin. The stems grow erect, herbaceous, 

 branching. The leaves are very thick and fleshy, pale coloured, in form much 

 like those of an elm. The flowers are produced singly, one from the axil of 

 each leaf. Corolla is tubular, about au inch and a half long, of a bright rosy- 

 red colour. It is a very distinct and handsome species. 



Hoveaii.licifolia. Holly-leaved. (Bot. Reg. 58.) Legumiuoseae. Dia- 

 delphia Decandria. A native of the Swan River Colony, and has bloomed in 

 the fine collection of Robert Mangles, Esq. It is a neat and interesting green- 

 house shrubby plant. The flowers are rather small, of a deep violet-blue, with a 

 while centre. It deserves a place in every greenhouse. 



Hydrangea Japonica. Japan Hydrangea. (Bot. Reg. 61.) Saxifragacea?. 

 Decandria Trigynia. A native of Japan, in which country Siebold states there 

 are thirteen other kinds, one of them H. Belzonii, has the habit of our common 

 hardy shrub, H. arborescens, but has blue flowers. Another kind, H. stellata, 

 has double flowers of a pink or light blue. The present species is a hardy 

 shrub, requiring the same treatment as the H. hortensis, so generally grown in 

 this country in dwelling-houses and flower borders. It grows about two feet 

 high. Siebold states there are two varieties, one with rose-coloured flowers, and 

 the other with blue. The one in this country is white, tinged with rose. 



Ipomcka Hardingii. Mr. Harding's. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) Couvolvulacese. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. An hybrid raised by Mr. Harding, gardener to 

 H. Bevan, Esq., of Glynn Garth, near Beaumaris. It is stated to have been 

 raised between I. tubro-ccemlea and I. Horsfalliae. It is a twining herbaceous 

 perennial, requiring a close warm greenhouse, or a stove. It grows freely and 

 blooms profusely ; the flowers are produced in clusters. Each blossom is about 

 three inches across, of a pretty rose-colour, with rich red streaked plaits, and a 

 very dark centre. It is a very handsome variety, deserving a place wherever 

 practicable. It has bloomed lor months in the stove at Messrs. Hendersons', 

 of Pine-apple Nursery, London. 



Myosotis Azorica. Azorean Mouse-ear, or Forget-me-not. (Bot. Mag. 

 4112.) Boragines. Pentandria Monogynia. This very beautiful Forget-me- 

 not is a native of the Westerly Azores, growing about waterfalls and on wet 

 rocks in the Islands of Flores and Corvo. It grows half a yard or two feet high, 

 blooming profusely. The flowers are of a very rich indigo-blue, and are pro- 

 duced for a long succession. Sir William Hooker observes that he has grown 

 it very successfully under a hand-glass on the open border, and considers it will 

 do without winter protection. It is also judged to be a veiy suitable plant for 

 growing in a Ward's Glass-case. It well deserves to be grown wherever it is 

 practicable. 



Pr.ATYi.ouiuii farvivi.orum. Smai.i.-fi.owered. (Pax. Mag. Bot.) A native 

 of New Holland ; and although it has been introduced into this country for 



