LISIANTHUS PRLVCEPS. THE CHIEF, OR KING 

 OF LISIANTHUSES. 



IT is a brandling, shrubhi/, CTreeuhoiise plant, a native of New Gre- 

 nada. It was introdiicefl by Mr. Linden, who states, that in its 

 native clime it forms a tufted shrub two to three feet iiigii, growing at 

 the entrance to the table land of Pamplona, at tlie heiglit of ten to 

 eleven thouj^and feet above the sea. It has bloomed in the collection 

 of ]\Ir. Linden, at Luxembnrgh. The plant blooms very freely, and 

 the flowers are produced in hanging clusters of four in each, borne at 

 the ends of tiie twigs. It is one of the noblest plants tliat has hitherto 

 been introduced. No doubt it will soon be procured by Britisli nur- 

 serymen, and become a general ornament in our greenhouses through- 

 out this country. It has been figured in Van lioutte's Flora. 



NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



Arctocalyx Endlicherianus. — It is of the Gesneriaceae order of 

 plants, and was found in the forests of Vera Cruz. The stem is very 

 shaggy, of a brownish black. The flowers spring from various parts 

 of the stem, and not exclusively from the axils of the leaves. Each 

 blossom has a tube two and a Iialf inciies long and three quarters of an 

 inch tlirough, and terminates witli a five-parted limb, an inch and a 

 lialf across, somewhat like a long Gloxinea flower. It is of a golden 

 yellow colour, and streaked inside with lines of large crimson spots. 

 It" is a singular, showy, and pretty flowering plant. Introduced to 

 Vienna by M. Abel. 



JJkjaria coarctata ; The close-headed. — Tliis plant belongs 

 to the natural order of Heathworts. It is a half-hardy evergreen 

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