42 NEW OK RARE PLANTS. 



plant blooms better to take it up and protect it in a greenhouse or cool frame 

 through winter, and turn it out into the border early in May. The flowers 

 are of a fine rosy red colour, nearly four inches across, appearing from July 

 to September. ' Icosaudria, Polygyria. Ficoideie. Mesembryanthemum, 

 from mescmbria, noontide, and antheo, to bloom or flower; referring to the 

 period of the day when the flowers expand, as they usually open when the 

 sun shines upon them. 



Pardanthus Chinensis. A very showy and beautiful flowering plant, 

 growing half a yard high, and blooms from June to September. The flower* 

 are about an inch and a half across, of a fine orange scarlet colour, spotted 

 with a darker colour; they are produced numerously. It is a very showy 

 plant. The flowers are in appearance like some of the fine Ixias. The 

 plant increases freely by division of root, or by seeds. Triandria Monogynia, 

 Iridese. Pardanthos, from pardos, a leopard; and anthos, a flower : in allu- 

 sion to the flower being spotted. 



Syringa Josikcea, Lady Josika's Lilac. {Hot. lieg.) This new species of 

 Lilac, will be a valuable addition to the shrubbery. The foliage is of a fine 

 dark green, about the size of the common Lilac. The flowers are very simi- 

 lar in size to the common Lilac, but of a fine dark blue colour. It will 

 speedily bo in possession of most of the Loudon and other public nurserymen. 

 It is cultivated in the London Hort. Soc. Garden. Syringa, from Syrenx, 

 the native name of the plant in Barbavv, derived from a mythologous allusion 

 to Syrinx being changed into a reed, of the shuot of which a flute was made. 

 This is still practised in some of the Eastern countries. 



Tournejortia helilropioides, Heliotrope-like. This plant very much re- 

 sembles the Heliotropium grandiflorum. The flowers are of a pretty blue, 

 and produced in profusion. The plant grows about two feet high, and 

 blooms from May to September. The plant deserves culture in every flower 

 garden. It is a newly introduced perennial plant, easily increased by cut- 

 tings or slips. It will require winter protection. The treatment of the 

 Heliotrope, as grown in the open borders, will be suitable for this plant. 

 The flowers are void of fragrance, but make a showy appearance. The 

 plant may be had in most public nurseries. Pentandria, Monogynia, Bora- 

 ginea?. Tournefortia, in honour of J. P. de Toi unefort, a French bota- 

 nist. 



Habenaria gigantea, Gigantic, Syn. Orchis gigantea. ( Bot. Mag.) A 

 terrestrial Orchideous plant, received from Bombay. Producing its very 

 fragrant flowers in racemes of from four to six in each. The blossoms are 

 large, four inches across, of a greenish white. The stem rises four feet 

 high. It is a splendid plant, and is a valuable addition to this tribe of 

 plants. Gynandria, Monandria. Orchidea, Ophrydeae. Habenaria, from 

 habena, a leather strap, in allusion to the long spur of the flower. 



