282 NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 



erect panicles of small blue flowers. A native of Mexico. Syn. lobelia subnuda 

 of Mr. Bentham. 



Olinia capensis. — A myrtaceous shrub from the Cape, bearing close ter- 

 minal clusters of greenish flowers, succeeded with bright reddish berries. It is 

 a greenhouse plant, blooming from April to the end of June. The fruit ripens 

 the second year, so that the plant has at the same time flowers, green fruit, and 

 ripe red fruit. 



Oxalis ottonis. — A native of Chili, having bright yellow flowers. It is in 

 the collection at the Birmingham Botanic Garden. 



MicaosrxLus histjonantha. — From La Guayra. The flowers are produced 

 at the end of a long scape; they are small, green. 



NOTICED IN NURSERIES. 



At Mr. Knight's, King's Road. 

 Tropjeolum. — A new species, with flowers of a bright yellow. In colour and 

 form, too, like T. Canariense,but at least three times larger. It is a very pretty 

 and showy plant. 



At Mr. Henderson's, Pine-Apple Nursery, Edgeware Road. 



Silene. — A new species, blooming profusely in the greenhouse. The flowers 

 are about an inch across, whitish at the centre, rose coloured at the extremities. 

 The plant grows about half a yard high. 



Comparettia' rosea. — This lovely flowering Orchidea has bloomed in the 

 collection of Messrs. Loddiges, and though but a small plant, the raceme of its 

 lovely flowers had a beautiful appearance. When in a vigorous state, it will no 

 doubt be truly handsome. 



At Messrs. Rollisons', Tooting. 



Curcuma Roscoeana. — A fine specimen has been in bloom for more than two 

 months. The spikes are about nine inches long. The flowers are bright .yellow, 

 having fine scarlet envelopes. The plant grows about a foot high. 



Salvia patens urandiflora. — This is equal, if not superior, in colour, to the 

 original species, but has a larger flower. The lower part of the lip, the claw as 

 it is termed, folds up nearly round in the patens, but in the present kind it is 

 quite flat and broad, rendering it much more showy. 



Solanum jasminifolia. — A new species, not yet bloomed with Messrs 

 Rollisons. 



Asclepias roseus. — A greenhouse species, with rose coloured flowers, but not 

 yet bloomed. 



Thunbergia Hawtayneana var. alba. — A white flowered variety, not yet 

 bloomed. This, no doubt, will be a very interesting and valuable addition. The 

 tine deep blue, grown in contrast with the white, would produce a most striking 

 appearance, and ought to be grown in every collection. 



Manettia splendens. — The plant has not bloomed, but it appears much more 

 robust than any other species we have seen. If the flowers be as fine in colours 

 as the others, and proportionately larger in its blossoms, it will be a very valuable 

 acquisition. 



Dili.wynia grandis. — The flowers arejarge, when contrasted with any others 

 we know. Of a beautiful yellow, with a scarlet keel. It deserves to be in every 

 greenhouse. Its numerous showy flowers, pretty habit of plant, and long period 

 of blooming, alike recommend it. 



Hova pendula. — Imported from the East Indies. Not yet bloomed, but if as 

 handsome as the well-known H. carnosa, it deserves admittance wherever it can 

 be cultivated. 



Manettia. — A new species, introduced from Mexico. The flowers are said to 

 be blue, but has not yet bloomed in thin country. 



