20 NEW OK RARE PLANTS. 



it a showy appearance. As it merits a place in the flower garden, we bring 

 it into notice in this placj. Heliopsis, from elios, the sun, and ophii, a like- 

 ness to. Syngenesia, Snperflua. Composiue. 



Hasmanlhus lariwus, hairy leaved, pink flowered. (But. May.) The thrro 

 valved spalha, contains near twenty flowers, of a pretty pale, rosy, pink 

 colour, which form a handsome umbelliferous head. Coming from the Cape 

 of Good Hope, it will flourish either in the greenhouse, or in the open 

 border in summer, having a warm situation. Hsemanthus, from aimo, blood, 

 and anthos, a flower, referring to the blood-coloured flower of that well known 

 species, H. coccincus. llexandria, Monogynia. Amaryllideee. 



lalaijc omala, gay (lowering. (Hoi. Key.) This is by far the handsomest 

 of this natural order of New Holland plants that we have seen, and ought to, 

 be grown in every collection of greenhouse plants. Mr. Knight, of Chelsea, 

 is verv fortunate in possessing so desirable a plant. The leaves are oval, 

 good sized, of a fine deep green, and the plant makes a very neat bush, sup- 

 plying plenty of cuttings, by which it is easily increased. The flowers are 

 produced in "profusion, and are nearly half the size of a common sweet pea 

 blossom. The colours are a mixture of orange, crimson, yellow, and dark- 

 brown purple, appearing slightly streaked. Lalage, we suppose, referring 

 tj Lalage, mentioned in Horace's poetry. Monadelphia, Decandria. Legu- 

 vninosa:. 



Lcplosiphon ihnsijlorus, thick flowered. (Hoi. Rer/J This is a rare plant 

 at present ; but being annual, we hope its seed will be distributed through 

 the country ere long, by the London Horticultural Society, though the seeds 

 are produced sparingly. The flowers are of various colours, as white, purple 

 and bluish, and being produced in abundance, make a showy appearance. 

 The corolla is more than an inch across. If the seeds be sown in pots, and 

 at different seasons, as autumn sown, to bloom first in spring, say from April ; 

 a winter sowing would bloom from June to August ; and a spring sowing 

 would bloom from September to November. The plants must be turned out 

 of the pots into the open border, where they will flourish. Leptosiphon, 

 from Leplos, slender, and siphon, a tube ; referring to the slender, tubulous 

 part of the flower. Pentandria, Monogynia. Hydrophylleie. 



Myanthus ceriums, drooping flowered Fly Wort. Synonym, Catasetum 

 trifidum. We noticed this plant in Vol. 1, page lo7, but its name having 

 been altered, we mention it here on that account. The flowers are green, 

 spotted with brownish red. Myanthus, from muia, a fly, appearance of 

 flowers in a dry state. Gynandria, Monandria. Orchidea. 



jS'icrembergia calycina, large flowered. (Bot. Mai;.) This species is a 

 native of Buenos Ayres, and is singularly pretty. The flowers are white, 

 and have a yellowish tubular part, near four inches long, with the white 

 spreading five lobed corolla, one inch across at the extremity. The plant 

 will flourish, like the other species, in the open border, in a worm situa- 

 tion, during summer ; and cuttings struck towards the end thereof and pre- 

 served in a greenhouse or frame through winter, will easily keep up a supply 

 of plants. It is an ornamental plant for the greenhouse during summer, if 

 cultivated in pots. This kind, with several others entirely new in this 

 country, are cultivated in the Glasgow Botanic Garden. Nierembergia, 

 from J. C. Nierembeiig, a Spanish Jesuit and Botanist. Pentandria, 

 Monogynia. Solaneie. 



