notes on new oh rahe plants. 77 



Pentstemon miniatos — Vermilion-coloured. 



Schroplmlariaccea. Didynumia Angiospermia. 



Obtained from the north of Mexico. It is a hardy, half-shrubby 

 perennial, requiring similar treatment to P. gentianoides. The flowers 

 are of a rich brilliant vermilion colour, eacli blossom about an inch and 

 a half long. It is in the Horticultural Society's Garden at Chiswick. 

 Figured in Bot. Reg. 



PkijAjla Mdnroi — Captain Monro's Primrose. 



Priimilacece. Pentandria Mouoytjnia. 



Seeds of this pretty Primrose were collected on the mountains of the 

 north of India, and sent to the Horticultural Society by Captain Munro, 

 where it has bloomed. The flower stem rises about ten inches high, 

 bearing a head of five to seven flowers, white, with a faint yellow eye. 

 Each blossom is about an inch across. The plant is hardy and a peren- 

 nial. Figured in Bot. Reg. 



PlIARBITIS CATHARTICA PuRGING PlIARBITIS. 



ConvolvulacecE. Pentandria Monogijnia. 



It is a native of St. Domingo and Mexico. It is, apparently, a 

 twining annual branching plant, flowering freely. The flowers vary 

 ill colour from a rich violet-blue to a deep reddish-purple. Each blos- 

 som about two inches across the mouth. It is in the collections ot 

 Sion Gardens and the Royal Gardens of Kew. 



Eaphistemma polchellum — The Pretty. 



Asclepidacea:. Pentandria Digynia. 



It is a native of Hindoostan, and is a fine climbing shrub for the stove 

 or conservatory ; very similar in its character to Steplianotus floribuu- 

 dus, but not so stiff' in its habit. It blooms very freely in large corj^m- 

 bous pendant heads. The flowers are wliite at first, afterwards changing 

 to a delicate cream colour, each of the five parted portions having a red 

 streak up the centre. A separate blossom is campanulate, about two 

 inches across, and fragrant. It well merits cultivation. Figured in 

 Pax. 3Iug. Bot. 



Rcellia macrophylla — Large-leaved. 



Acantliacea. Didynamia Angiospermia. 



It is a stove plant of considerable beauty, the flowers are produced in 

 branching panicles, numerously, of a fine rich scarlet colour. A sepa- 

 rate blossom is near three inches long. It blooms all the summer 

 season, and small as well as large plants flower very freely. It is well 

 wortli culture in the stove, conservatory, or warm green-house. 

 Figured in Pax. Mag. Bot. 



Scutellaria cordifolia — Heart-leaved Skull-cap. 



Lubiata. Didynamia Gymnospermia. 



A native of IMexico, and blooms profusely in a warm green-house, or 

 stove, at the latter part of summer, from August to November. Tlie 



