102 NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



Euphorbia Jacquinifloka.— - This is one of the loveliest blooming 

 stove plants. Its profusion of (spikes) rich orange-scarlet flowers, each 

 the size of a fourpenny piece, are truly beautiful. It ought to be in 

 every stove. 



In addition to the Ericas we noticed in the March Number, the 

 following are the best now in bloom, viz., — 



Erica cerinthoides major. — Flowers in terminal heads, tube an 

 inch and a-half long, a rich scarlet. Very handsome; ought to be in 

 every collection. 



E. M'Nabbiana. — Tube bellying, an inch and a-half long, rosy- 

 red upon a light ground, with a white tip. Very handsome. Dwarf 

 grower and free bloomer. 



E. grandinosa. — Very small pure white flowers, borne in vast pro- 

 fusion, covering the plant with a white mantle of little pearls. Very 

 pretty. 



E. sulphurea. — Tube an inch long, hairy, sulphur tinged with 

 green. Very neat. 



E. persoluta alba. — Flowers very small, white, with black anthers, 

 which have a very pretty contrast, and render the plant most interest- 

 ing ; it is covered with bloom. 



E. delecta.- — Flowers erect, short tube, which is about half an 

 inch across the top ; they are produced four or five together in a 

 cluster; a French lilac colour, with a darker centre. Very neat. 



E. intermedia. — Tube one inch, borne in long spikes around the 

 shoots, drooping, white. Delicately pretty. 



E. Sindryaca. — Bell-shaped, half an inch long, purple below, and 

 the rest flesh colour, in profusion. Very pretty. 



E. cistifolia. — Small flowers, white, with black anthers. Very 

 pretty ; ought to be in every collection. 



E. Beaumontiana. — Bell-shaped, smallish size, flesh colour. Pretty. 



E. LiNNiEOiDES sdperba. — Tube one inch, purple below, and the 

 rest white, in profusion. Neat and pretty. 



E. odorata. — Bell- shaped, half an inch long, white, fragrant. 

 Pretty. 



Muraltia stipulacea (formerly a Polygala). — The flowers are 

 small, produced around the stems in long spikes, of a bright violet 

 colour. Very pretty. 



Brachysema latifolia. — A large plant, twined round a circular 

 wire frame five feet high, in most profuse bloom. The large pea-like, 

 deep crimson and red flowers have a fine appearance. It is highly 

 ornamental as a greenhouse twining plant at this period of the year. 



Hardenbergia macrofhylla. — This pretty twining plant, with 

 its profusion of pea-shaped light-blue flowers, were very pretty in the 

 greenhouse. 



Gloxinia Baron de Voire. — Tube white, having five ridges, of a 

 pale blue colour. The mouth white, edged with light blue. Very 

 pretty, and worth being in every collection. 



Indigofera rosea. — Its profusion of smallish pea-like flowers in 

 terminal spikes have a very pretty appearance, and render it worthy a 

 place in the greenhouse. 



