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PART II. 



NEW OR RARE P L A X T S 



WHICH WE HAVE NOTICED SINCE OCR LAST. 



1. AnUttnaria triplinervis Three -nerved leal". (Hoi. Gard.) A hardy 

 border plant, very similar in its appearance to the Pearl Everlasting, lint of 

 ii dwarf habit, the flower stalks rising only about six inches. The silvery 

 colour of the foliage and dowers, renders the plant pretty. It is a perennial, 

 and comes into bloom in July. The plant was introduced into this country 

 from Nepal, iu 1823. Syngenesia superflua, Composite. Antennaria, from 

 antenna;, referring to the resemblance which exists between the down <jf tho 

 sef d, and the antenna;, or feelers of insects. 



2. Anlhyllis Wcbbianna, Mr. Webb's Kidney Vetch. (Brit. Flow. Gard.) 

 A hardy perennial, border plant, very suitable for rock work, growing pros- 

 trate, spreading widely, and blooming freely- The blossoms are of a pretty 

 rose colour. The plant was introduced into this country from the Peak of 

 Touerifle, in 1831, by Mr. Webb. It is cultivated at Mrs. Marryatt's, 

 Wimbledon. The above gentleman is about to publish an account of the plants 

 growing in the Canary Islands. Diadelphia Decandria. Leguminosae. 

 Anthyllis, from anthos, a flower, and ioylos, a beard; referring to the shaggy 

 appearance of tho calyx. 



3. Barosma crenulata, notch-leaved, {Bot. Mag.) Synonyms Diosma cro- 

 nulata, D. serratlifolia, D. odorata, D. latifolia. This plant has been cul- 

 tivated for some years in this country, but by no means general. It is a 

 pretty, upright, shrubby, greenhouse plant, growing a yard high. Tho bark 

 of the lateral shoots is of a brownish purple colour. The flowers are purple 

 in the bud, and blush-coloured when expanded. The leaves of this plant 

 being put into cold vinegar, and allowed to steep for some time, produces an 

 infusion that is valuable for the healing of wounds. Pentandria Monogynia. 

 Rutacen;. Barosma, from barus, strong, and osme, smell ; referring to the 

 scent of the leaves. 



t. Campanula garganeca, the St. Angelo Harebell (Bot. Req.) A very 

 handsome flowering, hardy, perennial plant, blooming profusely. A most 

 suitable plant for a rockery, spreading freely, and producing numerous 

 racemes of blossoms. The flowers are of a pale blue inside, and of a pale 

 rose outside. The plant may bo had at many of the public nurseries. It is 

 cultivated in the hue collection of plants in the garden of Mrs. Marryatt, 

 Wimbledon. Pentandria Monogynia. Campanulaceo). Campanula, from 

 mmpanu, a bell. 



.">. Cratpedla niacrocephela, large-headed (flower). This plant is a native 

 of V;m Dieman'l Land, there growing at an height of 3,000 feet above the 

 level of tho sea, from which circumstance it muy be expi cted to be hardy in 

 this country, if planted in a dry soil. The plant is pereunial, growing half 

 I yapl high. The foliage is of a fine glaucous hue. The flowers are pro- 

 •l in a large globose head, of a greenish white colour. They possess a 

 fragruoy hiinilur to tin; Iliiddea glohosa (honey-liko). The plant is culti- 

 vntfil iii the nursery of Mr. (i ktis, (', luzi-nwood, Lsscx. Syngenesia, flt 

 [ata. Composites. Craspcdia, from kraspedon, a fringe ; in allusion to 

 the appearance of the pappus. 



'». Cypripedium in$igtu, Large-flowered Lady's Slipper. Dr. Wallich in- 

 troduced this ?ery handsome, and large flowering species from Nepal. Tho 

 leaTti* are very coriaceous (leathery), of a yellow green colour. The flower* 



