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and racemes whose stalks are much shorter than those of the leaves, 

 and in its purplish flowers not half so large as in H. latifolia, but, like 

 that plant, deliciously fragrant, resembling the perfume of the orange. 

 It is a neat greenhouse plant, raised from Nepal seeds, presented to the 

 Horticultural Society by the Hon. East India Company, about 1845 (?). 

 The flowers are produced in the spring. (Figured in Journ. Hort. 

 Soc, 2, 313.) 



Iris aurea — Golden Iris. 



IridacecE. Triandria Monogynia. 



Messrs. Whitley and Osborne, of the Fulham nurseries, raised this 



showy hardy perennial from Indian seeds given to them by Dr. Royle. 



The flowers are of a deep yellow colour, and of tlie size of I. ochroleuca ; 



it much resembles that kind too in habit. (Figured in Bot. Reg., 59.) 



Navarettia squarrosa — Squarrose Navarettia. 



Polemoniacea. 



A rather pretty hardy annual plant, flowering in August and Sep- 

 tember, and having considerable general resemblance to Triptilion 

 spinosum, but the flowers are less intensely coloured. The plant is 

 covered with hairs, which secrete a viscid matter, and emit a most vin- 

 pleasant foxy odour. The habit is erect branching ; the leaves cut up 

 into many sharp spiny segments ; the flowers blue, in close spiny heads 

 among the bracts and calyx lobes. It is a native of New California, 

 and was introduced by Mr. Hartweg, who sent seeds to the Horticul- 

 tural Society in 1847. It is also called G. squarrosa, Hoitzia squar- 

 rosa, ^gochloa pungens, Gilia pungens. (Figured in Journ. Hort. 

 Soc, 2, 316.) 



Rhododendron Javanicum — Javanese Rhododendron. 



Ericacece. Decandria Mouogynia. 

 This is a very splendid plant, having a strong robust habit, witli 

 somewhat broad leaves, of a bright glossy green, and producing large 

 heads of finely formed flowers of a showy orange-yellow colour, marked 

 with several red spots. It is in the possession of Messrs. Veitch, who 

 received it, with another and deeper coloured variety, from Mr. Lobb, 

 their collector. It inhabits high mountains in Java, and was found by 

 Dr. Horsefield, at an elevation of 4000 feet above the level of the sea. 

 It may therefore be grown in the greenhouse, and where, no doubt, it 

 will prove one of the most ornamental objects ever introduced. 

 (Figured in Bot. Mag., 4336.) 



Tritonia aurea — Golden Tritonia. 



Iridacea. Triandria Monogynia. 



Introduced from Caffraria by Mr. James Backhouse, of York, and 

 is by far the most beautiful of all the genus. The stem rises about two 

 feet high, and is crowned with a large panicle of bright orange-coloured 

 Ixia-like flowers, each of which is two and a half inches or more across. 

 Being easy of cultivation, a profuse and long bloomer, it will be a great 

 acquisition to the flower garden, and it is highly deserving of being 



