4 NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



Campanula nobilis — Noble BF.LL-FLOWEa. 



Campanulacea. Fentandria Moiiogynia. 

 A hardy herbaceous plant, sent from Chusan and Slianghae in 

 China by Mr. Fortune, the Horticultural Society's collector. Its root 

 leaves are deeply heart-shaped, of a bright pale green, and placed on 

 footstalks from six to nine inches long, forming a large tuft. From 

 among them, and to more than twice their height, rises the flowering 

 stem, branching a little at the bottom, and upon its divisions pro- 

 ducing several fine nodding flowers, perhaps the largest yet seen 

 among the genus Campanula. They are something like those of 

 Canarina, nearly three inches long, and one and a half in diameter. 

 The corolla is light purple on the outside, but paler within, being 

 almost flesh colour, abundantly spotted on both sides with bright rosy 

 purple. It bears considerable affinity to the Canterbury Bell (C 

 mediuni), although it is perfectly distinct, and a very handsome ad- 

 dition to the flower-garden. Like most of the tribe, it is said to re- 

 quire a copious supply of water during its period of growth in the 

 spring months. It is increased easily by dividing the roots, and 

 probably by seeds also. Figured in Bot. Reg. 



Clematis tubulos.v — Tubular-flowered Virgin's Bower. 

 Banunculacea. Polyandria Poli/gijnia. 



An upright branching plant, growing two feet high. It is a native 

 of Northern China, and is grown in the greenhouse in this ctmntry. 

 The flowers are produced in axillary and terminal corymbs of a 

 bluish-purple. It is a pretty species, each blossom being about an 

 inch across. Figured in Bot. Mag., p. 4269. 



C.SLOGYNE OCHRACE^ — OcHRE-SPOTTED C^LOGy.NE. 



Orchidacea. Gynandria Monandria. 



From the Indian Mishmee Hills, where it is common. It has 

 bloomed in the collection of Thomas Brocklehurst, Esq., of the Fence, 

 near Macclesfield. The flowers are produced in erect racemes of 

 about six in each. They are a pure white, with bright orange 

 blotches on the lip; they are very fragrant too. Figured in Bot. 

 Meg-f p. 69. 



ESCALLONIA OrGANENSIS OrGAN MOUNTAIN EsCALLONIA. 



Escalloniacea. Fentandria Monogynia. 



Messrs. Veitch received this plant from Mr. Lobb, their collector, 

 who discovered it on the Organ Mountains. It is a shrub, growing 

 about a yard high, the stems and branches being of a rich red-brown 

 colour. The flowers are produced in terminal cymes, of a deep rose 

 with a white eye. The tubular part of the flower is about a quarter of 

 an inch long, and across the top (limb) nearly half an inch. It is 

 very distinct from the sorts previously in our collections. 



FrANCISCEA AUGUSTA AuGUST FuANCISCEA. 



Scrophdariacea. Didynanda Anyiospennia. 



A fine evergreen stove shrub, with narrow elliptical leaves, and par- 



