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about nine inches high, leaves small, branching, and spreading. It is 
a very profuse bloomer, and the flower is an inch across, of a bright 
rosy-purple colour, each petal having a darker centre. It deserves a 
place in every greenhouse. (Figured in Pax. Mag. Bot.) 
FucuHsIA CORYMBIFLORA ALBA. 
A ware flowered Fuchsia, with the blossoms as large and of a similar 
habit to F. corymbiflora, is a novelty to announce, which all lovers of 
this elegant tribe will read with pleasure. So great has been the 
number of seedling Fuchsias raised in all parts of the kingdom and 
Continent, that we have been almost inundated with varieties possessing 
searcely any distinguishing feature to their innumerable predecessors, 
There can be no doubt, however, about the kind we now mention 
being perfectly distinct and handsome too. Mr. Salter (late of Ver- 
sailles) met with it in his travels on the Continent, and purchased the 
stock. We understand plants will be ready for sale in the autumn, 
and, in the mean time, doubtless it will be exhibited at some of the 
metropolitan meetings. 
HeETEROTRICHUM MACRODON—LONG-TOOTHED. 
Melastomacee. Decandria Monogynia. 
This remarkable and handsome plant was originally discovered in 
_Caraccas, and seeds of it were sent from New Grenada, by Mr. Lobb, 
to Messrs. Veitch. It is a stove shrub, with velvetty leaves, and the 
flowers are produced in terminal corymbs, white with red at the base. 
Each flower is about an inch and a half across. Like many of the 
Melastomaceze, it is apt to become naked ; to prevent this, the shoots 
should often be stopped, and thus be kept bushy. (Figured in Bot. 
Mag. 4421.) 
Mrirpetia Mreisner1—MEIsner’s MIrBetia. 
Leguminose. Decandria Monogynia. 
A native of the Swan River; seeds of it were sent by Mr. Drum- 
mond to Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., of Exeter. It is a low 
bushy shrub, much branched, and blooms most profusely in leafy erect 
racemes. ‘The pretty pea-formed flowers, each half an-inch across, are 
of a red-purple, with the lower half a deeper colour. It is a lovely 
greenhouse shrub, and ought to be in every collection. (Figured in 
Bot, Mag. 4419.) 
PassirLorA NEUMANNA—NEUMAN’S PAssION-FLOWER. 
A hybrid variety, recently raised ‘on the Continent, and named in 
honour of Mr, Neuman, of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. It very 
much resembles the well-known, handsome old passion-flower P. 
cerulea, but not so beautiful. It is supposed to be as hardy as that 
species, It is in the collection of Messrs. Knight and Perry, and is 
well worth growing as a companion to the P. cerulea. (Figured in 
Pax. Mag. Bot.) 
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