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place in every one. From its habit we think it would succeed well in 

 a warmish greenhouse. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4553.) 



Passiflora medus^ea. — M. Van Houtte possesses this interesting 

 species. It is a stove-climber, of medium habit. It is an abundant 

 bloomer, each flower being two inches across. Sepals green. The 

 tilaments (termed the rays of the coronet) axe of a bright orange colour 

 when they first expand, but afterwards change to a rose or lilac. A very 

 interesting species. 



Pachira. longiflora. — This fine looking tree is of the Bombacese 

 order (Bombax, Silk Cotton Tree). In the Palm-house, at the Royal 

 Gardens of Kew, it has rapidly grown twenty-five feet high, and seems 

 likely soon to double that height. Leaves large, each being composed 

 of from seven to eleven leaflets on one central leaf-stalk. A plant, one 

 foot high, bloomed. The five petals were each about an inch broad 

 and eight long, the ends reflexing very similar to some of the Crinums. 

 Its very numerous stamens (being of the same class as the St. John's 

 AVort), as long as the petals, standing prominently forward, of a rich 

 red colour, produce a fine appearance. This puny plant bearing so 

 large a flower, it is supposed the lull-grown trees will be much larger. 

 It will, in such circumstances, be a. magnificent object. (Figured in 

 Bot. Mag., 4549.) 



Phakbitis limbata. Bordered Major Convolvulus. — Messrs. 

 Rollissons imported this very handsome species from Java. It is an 

 annual, requiring similar treatment to the Thunbergia alata, &c. The 

 flowers are as large as those of a vigorous-grown common Convolvulus 

 Major, but do not spread so much at the mouth. They are of Jan in- 

 tense violet colour, with a broad edging of pure white. It is a free- 

 growing climber. 



Phyllocactus caulorrhizus. The rooting-stemmed Cactus 

 (Syn., P. crenatus). — It is a vigorous plant, formed of compressed 

 oblong portions, and at. each joint rootlets are produced. The flowers 

 in form and size are much like those of Cereus grandiflorus (the night- 

 blooming Cactus of some). The outer surface of it is yellow, and the 

 inner white. They expand at the evening and close the following 

 morning. In the Belgium collections. 



Primula capitata. Round-headed Mealy Primrose. — 

 Dr. Hooker gathered seeds on one of the Himalayan hills. It has 

 bloomed at Kew, and proves to be of the same class as our P. furinosa, 

 but the blossoms are so closely and evenly set as to form a compact 

 globe-shaped head. They are of a deep purple colour, with a yellow 

 eye. Each blossom is about a quarter of an inch across. The flower- 

 stem rises to a foot high. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4550.) 



RmrsALis paohyptera (Syn., Cactus alatus). — It is of the flat- 

 leaved kind, hanging down, the edges deeply notched, and from each 

 notch a flower is produced. Each blossom is about half an inch across, 

 whitish, and are succeeded by a berry about the size and colour of a 

 red currant, in which state it is very ornamental. It was introduced 



