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jl is probably hardy enough to bear the open air in England ; introduced by 

 A. Cruikshauks, Esq., and bloomed first iu August, 1832. Flower, bright crim- 

 son, downy, pale in the bud : leaves, oblong lanceolate, minutely serrated, pale 

 green, tinged with red. Lobelia, after M. Lobel, a celebrated botanist iu 1616. 



3. Cryptophriigmium veniistum, stately Cryptophragmium, Diandria Mono- 

 gynia; "natural order, Acanthaceoe : a stove plant from the mountains of Pan- 

 dua, ill India, introduced to the Horticultural Society of London in 1828, 

 bloomed in the Glasgow botanic garden in October. Flower very handsome, 

 in spikes, tube, pale purple, limb, deep purple and white in the centre; leaves 

 oppo>ile, ovate, rough on both sides. Cryptophragmiuui, from kruptos, con- 

 cealed, and phragmos, a partition from the concealed dissepiment of the 

 anther. 



4. Epidindrum Harris6ni<e, Mrs. Harrison's Epidendnim, Gynandria, Mo- 

 nandria; natural order, Orchideae. This fine distinct species (a stove plant) 

 was sent from Brazil by Air. Wni. Harrison, to his sister above named. Flowers 

 large, of a pale green, whitish in the centre, arranged iu a corymb like raceme. 

 Epidendrum, from epi, upon, dendrum, a tree, growing upon trees. 



5. Melaleuca Frazl'ii, Mr. Frazer's Malaleuca, Polyadelphia, Polyandria; 

 natural order, Myrtacea; : a beautiful, low, much branched greenhouse shrub, 

 received from the late Mr. Frazer, colonial botanist at Sydney, New South 

 Wales. Flowers connected into a spike, terminated by two or three small 

 shoots, petals white, with fine delicate rose coloured stamens ; leaves crowded, 

 smooth, linear, subulate, reflexed, and spreading; propagated by cuttings. 

 Melaleuca, from melas, black, and leukos, white, or white trees. 



6. Sc'illa villusa, hairy leaved squill, Hexandria, Monogynia; natural order, 

 Asphodeleos. Received from Dr. Dickson in 1831, from Tripoli ; the bulbs 

 were planted in the stove at the Edinburgh botanic garden, flowered in Novem- 

 ber, 1832. Flower, pale lilac, with a broad deep green stripe up each petal. 

 Scilla from Scyllo to injure, roots poisonous. 



7. Pomadi'rris betulimihirch leaved Poniaderris, Pentandria, Monogynia; 

 natural order, Rhanuuffi: a slender much branched greenhouse shrub, from 

 New South ANales, discovered by A. Cunningham, Esq. in October, 1822, 

 flowered in April 1832, at Kew Gardens; flowers small, petals none, calyx 

 pale yellowish white, hairy. It requires a soil with a considerable portion of 

 peat admixed. Poniaderris, from poma, a covering, and derris, skin, on 

 account of the peculiar membranous covering to the capsule. 



No. roK Fkbruary contains, 



8. Beaumonfia grandifldra, large flowered, Pentandria, Monogynia, Apocy- 

 ntiE, from Eastern Bengal, in 1818. This very superb plant much resembles 

 Datura arborea in appearance, aud is equally flagrant. Flowers, cream co- 

 loured, white ; leaves, large, oblong. Blossomed at Bretton Hall, iu May, 1832. 

 Bca'imontia, in honour of the late Airs. Beaumont. 



9. Calceolaria i7!^cjr(/o/((j, variety, A'iscosissiuia; entire leaved, very viscid ; 

 Diandria, Monogyuia, Scrophularina;: raised by Mr. Cameron, iit the Bir- 

 mingham botanic garden, aud flowered beautifully in 1832. Flowers, bright 

 yellow, changing to a reddish orange. Calceolaria from calceolus, a slipper, 

 corolla. 



10. Ci)(tTarui7'«ss2'%/'/iis,coltsroot leaved, Syngenesia,Superflua,CompositaB, 

 from Teneri fie, a greenhouse plant; flowers, lilac purple, twelve or thirteen 

 corollas in each, veiy handsome. Cineraria, from cintres, ashes, the pale co- 

 Inir of the under side of the leaves. 



IK Pricslh'yu villoaa, villous, Diadelphia, Decandria, Leguminosea:. From 

 Cape of Good Hope, a greenhouse plant, flowering in November: colour, 

 bright yellow, in umbellated heads, pretty. Priestleya, from Dr. Joseph 

 Priestley. 



12. VIetia acvtipelaln , sharp petaled Bletia, from South Carolina, Gynan- 

 dria, Monandria, Orchidea>; petals pale rose colour, labellum, purplish rose 

 coloured, yellow at the base. 



13. /.oasa P/ntci, Mr. Place's, Loasa, variety 2. Polyadelphia, Polyandria, 

 Loacea;. From Chili, flowered iu the open border; flowers, small ycUovr, 



