BEIEF NOTICES OF NEW OE EAEE PLANTS. 63 



or bimonthly, a short descriptive list of the most remarkable of these acquisitions. 

 It must be understood, however, that of many of them we shall probably publish 

 figures as soon as they are attainable.] 



Acacia Veeticillata. (Natural Order — Leguminosce.) — A very handsome species 

 of acacia, with sharp pointed leaves, an inch and half long, and numerous showy 

 yellow flowers, borne in long spikes. It is a native of Van Dieman's Land, and 

 will probably succeed in the open air in the climate of Devonshire and Cornwall. 

 It is well adapted for pot-culture, and would make a noble window ornament for 

 spring. After flowering, it should be turned into the border to make its annual growth. 



Berberis Daewinii. (Berleracece.J — Next to the magnificent Berberis Japonica, 

 this may be regarded as one of the finest species of this valuable genus of ever- 

 greens. It grows about four feet high, and bears a profusion of bright orange 

 yellow flowers in drooping racemes. The foliage is not pinnated as in the 

 Mahonias, but simple, and resembles that of the holly. Introduced by Messrs. 

 Veitch of Exeter, from South America. 



Collinsia Multicoloe. ( ' Scropliulariacece.) — A beautiful new annual from 

 California. It grows from one foot to half a yard high, and produces a pro- 

 fusion of flowers. These are much larger than in any other species yet 

 introduced, each blossom being an inch across. The middle boat-shaped lobe 

 of the lower lip is a rich crimson, lower lip lilac ; the upper lip lilac, with a white 

 spot in the middle, and beautifully spotted with blood colour. It will be a great 

 favorite when more extensively distributed. Introduced by Messrs. Yeitch of 

 Exeter. (Figured in Paxton's Flower Garden.) 



Desfontainea Spinosa. ( Gentianacea.) — Mr. Lobb discovered this very hand- 

 some hardy evergreen shrub on the hills of Patagonia. It has the appearance 

 of a common holly, and will probably prove quite hardy. The flowers are 

 tubular, two inches long, with a yellow border, and in its native country, pro- 

 duced with profusion. It is in the possession of Messrs. Veitch. 



Gtneetum Aegenteum. (Graminacece.J — (Pampas Grass of South America.) 

 At length this noble plant of which so much has been said in the various books 

 of travel, has been introduced to this country, by Mr. Moore, curator of the 

 Glasnevin Botanic Gardens, Dublin. It is a tall perennial plant, growing, in 

 its native plains, from six to eight yards high, and bearing panicles of silky 

 silvery white flowers, two feet, or more, long. It is likely to prove quite 

 hardy, and will, we hope, soon be common. The specimens in this country have 

 not yet produced seeds, and they are therefore propagated by division. Could seeds 

 be imported, its diffusion would take place more rapidly, and it is to be hoped that 

 some efforts will be made to procure them. 



Holbollia Acuminata. (Lardizabalacece.) — A robust shrubby, climbing ever- 

 green from the mountains of JSepaul. The foliage resembles that of the 



