26 NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



that of a sandy nature they grow with less vigour, yet producing a 

 greater abundance of bloom. A roomy place in the greenhouse or 

 conservatory is the one usually assigned to these plants, but we are not 

 aware of any obstacle wliich would prevent them from flourishing in 

 summer in a sheltered open border. We have found A. striatum 

 (Sida picta) to do well under such circumstances. 



Multiplication of the various species is readily effected from cuttings 

 planted in sand and placed in a little heat. 



NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 

 Azalea squamata — The Scaly Azalea. 



Ericacea. Pentandria Monogynia. 

 Mr. Fortune discovered this beautiful species on the Hong Kong 

 Mountains in China. It has the usual habit of the Chinese Azaleas, 

 with this peculiarity, that in its natural state it blooms without leaves, 

 producing at the end of every little shoot a large solitary flower of a 

 clear rosy-flesh colour, distinctly spotted with crimson on the inner 

 side. Each flower is about two inches across. The plant blooms veiy 

 profusely, and forms a very neat dwarf bush. It is a beautiful ad- 

 dition either for the greenhouse or the shrubberj% It is \ery likely to 

 prove hardy. Figured in Bot. Heg., p. 3. 



Caloscordum nerinefolicm — Nerine-leaved Caloscordum. 

 Liliacea. Hexandria Monogynia. 



Sent from Chusan in China to the Dean of Manchester, and in 

 whose collection at SpofForth it has bloomed. It is a slender garlic- 

 like plant, the flowers are produced in an umbellate head, each half 

 an inch across, and of a rosy-purple colour. Figured in Bot. Reg. 

 p. 5. 



Chirita Zetlanica — Cetlon Chirita. 



Cyrtandracece. Didynamia Angiospermia. 



This is a succulent evergreen shrub, and requires similar treatment 

 to the Gloxinia, Gesneria, «S:c. The flowers are produced in pro- 

 fusion in branching panicles. Each flower is bell-shaped, an inch and 

 a half long and an inch across the mouth. The tubular portion is a 

 pale yellow, and the limb, (mouth,) blue-purple. It is an interest- 

 ing and rather handsome flowering plant, well meriting cultivation. 

 It will flourish in a warm situation in the greenhouse or stove, and 

 small plants even bloom freely, but being a free grower, large speci- 

 mens are readily produced. Figured in Pax. 3Iag. Bot. 



Cuphea platycentra — Broad-centred Cuphea. 



LythracecE. Dodecandria Monogynia. 



This very beautiful flowering dwarf evergreen shrub, is a native of 

 Mexico, and is verj' ornamental for the greenhouse, or beds in the open 

 air during summer. It blooms profusely, especially when under glass, 

 in the autumn and winter. It ought to be grown wherever practicable. 



