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4. Passiflora kermcsina, crimson Passion flower. Monodelphia, Pentandria. 

 Passiflorese. This species was brought to the Loudon Horticultural Society's 

 Garden, by Mr. Bentham, in 1831, from Berlin Garden. It has been almost 

 ever since in flower. It is beyond all comparison the most beautiful species 

 in cultivation, except P. racemosa. Its flowers have a purple crimson richness 

 of colour which art cannot imitate; they are produced in great abundance at 

 almost all seasons. Unfortunately it is propagated with cousiderable difficulty, 

 no part of the stem striking from cuttings except what is very woody and com- 

 pletely formed ; and this, which is always at the bottom of the stem, can 

 scarcely be procured without cutting down the whole plant. The plant requires 

 a hot and damp stove. Passiflora, from Flos, flower, and passio, passion ; 

 flower appendages. 



5. Passiflora gossypitfoUa, cotton leaved Passion flower. Monodelphia, 

 Pentandria. Passifloreae. A native of several of the tropical parts of America. 

 It has been found by Dr. Hamilton in the West Indies, and by Messrs. 

 Deppe and Schiede, in Mexico. About Lima, in Peru, it seems to be com- 

 mon. It is grown in the Horticultural Society's Garden, where it flowered in 

 1832. It is not a plant of much interest, unless minutely examined. Flowers : 

 white, small. A perennial stove plant, increased by cuttings. Passiflora, see 

 No. 4 above. 



6. A nthurium (/facile, slender. Pentandria, Monogynia. Aroidea?. Syno- 

 nyms, Pathos, gracilis. This species is a native of the tropical parts of 

 America. It has been sent from Demerara to Mr. Richard Harrison, through 

 the assistance of Thomas Moss, Esq. of Liverpool. It has little beauty when 

 in flower, but its spikes of crimson berries give it rather a pretty appearance 

 when in fruit. It requires a stove heat, and a treatment similar to that of 

 epiphytal orchideous plants. Anthurium, from authos, a flower, and rium, a 

 tail; in allusion to the form of the spadix. 



7. Gemma Suttoni, Captain Sutton's Gesneria. Didynamia, Angiosper- 

 mia. Gesnerea;. For the communication of the drawing aud following ac- 

 count of this new plant, we are obliged to Mr. W. B. Booth, Gardener to Sir 

 Charles Lemon, of Carclew. We owe the introduction of this fine plant to 

 Captain Sutton, of his Majesty's Packet Establishment, at Falmouth, who in- 

 forms us that he found it growing in a wood, on a sloping hill, near the Bay of 

 Bomviago, Rio de Janeiro, at an elevation of between 30 and 40 feet above the 

 level of the sea, and not exceeding 40 yards from the water. Its beautiful 

 flowers attracted his attention, aud induced him to dig up the plant and bring 

 it home. On his arrival in England, in March, 1833, he presented the choice 

 collection of Orchideous, and other interesting plants he had found, to Sir 

 Charles Lemon, Bart. M.P., and George Croker Vox, Esq. Grove Hill, 

 Falmouth, in whose garden the present plant flowered under the judicious 

 management of Mr. Friend. It has some resemblance to Gesnerea? bulbosa, 

 but differs from it in foliage, as well as in the flowers, which are larger, and 

 have a broader outstretched upper lip. Flowers: of a fine scarlet outside, in- 

 side of a yellowish red. It is named in compliment to Captain Sutton. 

 Culture: it requires the constant heat of the stove, and a strong rich soil. In- 

 creases by cuttings. 



8. Cyrtochilum flavesccns, straw coloured. Gynandria, Monandria. Or- 

 chidece. A uative of Mexico, whence it was imported by Mr. Tate, about 

 three years ago. It flowered for the first time in the collection of Richard 

 Harrison, Esq. of Aighburgh, to whom we are indebted for a specimen, along 

 with a sketch from Mrs. Arnold Harrison. Flowers: sepals, yellow ; label- 

 lum, yellow, with blood-coloured spots. Cyrtochilum, from Kurtos, eonvex, 

 and cheilou, a lip; in allusion to the form of the labellum. 



Sweet's British Flower Garden. Edited by David Don, Esq., 

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1. Clematis tampaiii/lora, Bell-flowered Virgin's Bower. Polyandria, Poly- 



