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Erythrina Bidwillii — Mr. Bidwill's Coral Tree. 



Leguminosa. Diadelphia Decandria. 

 An hybrid sent from Sydney by Mr. Bidwill to the Hon. and Rev. 

 the Dean of Manchester, and has bloomed at Spofforth. E. herbacea 

 impregnated by E. cristagalli, produced this plant, it is of intermediate 

 habit, both in the growth and flowers, and a valuable acquisition. Its 

 fine spikes of rich light crimson flower are very ornamental. 



Exagonum Purga — Purga, or True Jalap. 



Convolvulacea. Pentandria Monogynia. 



This plant is indigenous to the Mexican mountains, and has bloomed 

 luxuriantly in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, cultivated in a cool 

 frame. It is a twiner, extending many feet long, and flowers are of a 

 purplish-red colour, each about two inches across the mouth. It is 

 known in some collections as Ipomea Jalapa. 



Hibiscus Moscheutos — Musk Hibiscus. 



Malvacece. Monudelphia Polyandria. 



A hardy herbaceous plant, and an old inhabitant of our gardens, but 

 seldom seen. It is a very ornamental plant, growing about four feet 

 high and blooming in September and October. The flowers are six 

 inches in diameter, of a pretty bluish colour, witli a rich crimson eye, 

 and like a large single Hollyhock in shape. In North America, where 

 the plant is a native, it grows on the borders of marshes ; in this 

 country it appears to bloom best when cultivated in a pot and placed 

 in a cool frame. 



Iris SETOSA — Bristle-tipped Ibis. 



IridacecB. Triandria Monogynia. 



It is a hardy herbaceous species, a native of Siberia, grows about 

 two feet high, blooming in the early part of summer. The flowers 

 are of a handsome lilac colour, ornamented with crimson veins. Each 

 flower is about four inches across. It is in the Chiswick Garden. 



NiPH^A albo-lineata — White-lined Niph^a. 



GesneriacecE. Didynamia Angiospermia. 



The leaves of this plant are much like those of Achimenes picta in 

 size and form, of a rich dark green hue, marked with white lines upon 

 the nerves, and produce a very beautiful effect. The flowers are 

 somewhat small, white in colour, and produced numerously in a ter- 

 minal corj'mbous head. It merits a place wherever the Gesneria and 

 Achimense are grown. 



Smithia purpurea — Purple-flowered Smithia. 



Leguminosce. Diadelphia Decandria. 

 Discovered in Bombay by J. S. Law, Esq. It has bloomed in the 

 Royal Gardens of Kew last October. It is an annual, erect, branch- 

 ing. The foliage is beautifully pinnate, like some of the Mimosas. 

 The flowers are small, about half an inch across, of a rich purple colour. 

 They are produced in terminal racemes. 



