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Efiscia bicolor. — Mr. Purdie sent this pretty species from New 

 Granada to the Royal Gardens of Kew, where, in the stove, it has 

 bloomed very freely. It is a dwarf perennial herbaceous plant, with 

 the habit of Gloxineas, Nepheas, &c, and thrives with similar treat- 

 ment. The blossoms are Gloxinea-like; tube three-quarters of an inch 

 long, and about the same across the five-parted expanded month. The 

 tube is white, and the five divisions of the end (limb) a lilac-blue. 

 (Figured in Mag. of Bot.) 



Erica Leeana, var. viridis. — The flowers are green, tube about 

 three-quarters of an inch long ; they are produced a little below the 

 ends of the branches, in whorls. It is a free-growing plant, and makes 

 an interesting contrast with the flowers of other colours. (Figured in 

 Mag. of Bot.) 



Forsyth i a viridissima. — Introduced by Mr. Fortune from China 

 to the Horticultural Society. It is a brandling shrub, grows six feet 

 high, and flourishes trained against a wall, verandah, &c. Its pro- 

 fusion of bright yellow flowers, somewhat of the shape of the large 

 yellow blooming Jasmine, but having a very short tube, are produced 

 early in the spring, when the leaves are but partially expanded. It is 

 well worth a place in every shrubbery or garden, and proves to be per- 

 fectly hardy. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4587.) 



Franciscea calycina. (Syn. F. conff.rtiflora.) — This very 

 superb species is a native of Brazil ; a neat evergreen bushy shrub, 

 grows freely and blooms profusely. Each flower is nearly two inches 

 across ; produced in cymes, of a rich purple, with a white ring around 

 the mouth of the tube, but the flower soon changes to a pale purple, 

 and then becomes almost white. It is a handsome plant, well deserving 

 a place in every stove or good greenhouse ; we find it do admirably in 

 the latter, being showy, fragrant, and easy of cultivation. Small plants 

 even bloom freely. (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4583.) 



Ixora Javanica. — It appears there are two different plants in this 

 country bearing the above name, but Sir William Jackson Hooker 

 states the one now figured, No. 4586, June number of Magazine of 

 Botany, is the true I. Javanica. The drawing was taken from a plant 

 which was introduced into this country by Messrs. Rollisson from 

 Java. It is a shrub, smooth in every part, with compact branches, 

 which are rounded, and the younger ones, at least, are of a rich coral 

 colour. The flowers are borne in terminal large corymbs, on a long 

 foot-stalk. The tube of each blossom is an inch and a half long, red ; 

 the limb (broad end of flower) is an inch across, of a deep orange-red 

 colour. 



Pulten^a ericoides. — Mr. Drummond sent this beautiful species 

 from the Swan River colony, to Messrs. Henderson, of Pineapple 

 Nursery. It is a dwarfish, compact, greenhouse shrub, having Heath- 

 like foliage, and blooms very profusely. The flowers are produced in 

 what appears to be terminal heads, but eventually a shoot proceeds 

 from the centre. The blossoms are of the pea-formed order, each 

 head having twenty or more of them. They are of a rich deep yellow. 



