268 NOTES ON NEW OR RAKE PLANTS. 



Grammanthes chloRjEflora. — A succulent annual, introduced 

 from the Cape of Good Hope, growing almost three inches high and 

 flowering very freely, each flower about half an inch across, star- 

 shaped, deep blood colour, with bright yellow edges, and when the 

 flower gets older it turns a deep blood colour. It requires to be sown 

 in pots in the greenhouse, and at the latter end of May it may be 

 turned out into the open borders. (Figured in Hot. Mag., 4607.) 



Hota Cumixgiana. — A stove-climbing plant, which also forms an 

 erect bush, having short heart-shaped parchment-like leaves. The 

 flowers are produced in rather small-sized umbels, of a greenish yellow, 

 with a purple corona in the centre of each blossom. Messrs. Veitch 

 introduced it to their establishment, where it has bloomed. 



Ipom.ea oblongata. — This species was discovered growing in a 

 valley of the Buffalo River, near King William's Town, British 

 Kafir-aria, by Captain Rooper, who sent some of the roots to the 

 Rev. Thomas Rooper, of Wick Hill, near Brighton. It is a half- 

 hardy species, flowering best in a cool frame ; it throws out long trail- 

 ing stems and produces rosy-purple flowers, about three to four inches 

 across, the roots are somewhat clubbed, in masses. It flowered with 

 Mr. Rooper from May to September, and produced flowers at almost 

 every leaf-joint. (Figured in Mag. of Hot.) 



Ligdstrum japonicum. — This is somewhat like the Chinese Privet, 

 L. lucidum, but forms a more compact dwarfer bush, and the panicles 

 of white flowers are rather thinner. It is a neat hardy evergreen 

 shrub and an acquisition to our shrubberies. It was introduced by 

 Dr. Siebold. 



Lilium Loddigesianum. — Was received by the Horticultural 

 Society from the Imperial Gardens, Nikita, in the Crimea, and also 

 from Dr. Fischer, of St. Petersburg, under the name of L. monadel- 

 •pTium. It is a clear yellow with small spots, and in form it resembles 

 the turncap Lilies. It is quite hardy and deserves cultivation. 

 (Figured in Paxton's Flower Garden, plate 58.) 



Lilium sinicdm. — A greenhouse bulbous plant from China. The 

 flower-stems rise about a foot high, each blossom is of the turncap 

 shaped, two inches across, of a deep rich scarlet colour. They are 

 produced in terminal heads of three blossoms. It is a very neat, 

 dwarf, handsome plant, which was introduced by the Horticultural 

 Society some time back, and recently by Standish and Noble, of 

 Bagshot. 



Narcissus. — Three seedling varieties, raised by E. Leeds, Esq., of 

 Manchester ; two varieties are whitish, with orange cups, and the third 

 is pale yellow, with a long deep orange cup. (Figured in Mag. Bot.) 



Pelargonium Grace Darling (Sheppard's). — Of the fancy class. 

 Upper petals dark -clouded, edged with orange-scarlet. Lower ones 

 orange-crimson. Very distinct and handsome. 



P. Purple Standard (Foster's). — Upper petals of a dark-clouded 

 velvet-purple, with a lighter margin. Lower ones a rich purple. This 

 is a valuable acquisition, such a coloured variety being most desirable. 





