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by Mr. Brown on the south coast of Australia, Introduced into this country 

 in \H-2-2. Flower*: handsome, solitary, pale purple, with deep purple spots, 

 the lower lip having also yellow spots. Culture : increased by cuttings; soil, 

 peat; greenhouse protection. Westringia, from J. P. Westring, Physiciau 

 to the King of Sweden. 



:,. Weslrim/ia Dampicri, Dampier's. Diandria, Monogyma. Labiatie. 

 This is even a more desirable species than the above for cultivation m the 

 ■Teenhou^e, and verv distinct from it. Flowers: solitary, white; upper lip 

 « iihout spots ; lower "lip with yellow and purple spots. Blooms from Septem- 

 ber to December. 



& Francoa somhifolia, Sow Thistle leaved. Octandria, Monogyma. Ua- 

 lacinca?. Sviionvnis, Llanpanke amplissimo sonehifolia, Panke sonehifolia. 

 This species" is at once distinguished from Francoa appendiculata by the pre- 

 sence of a stem; the flowers beiug very similar. The present species is a 

 large branching plaDt. It was first raised by Mr. John Menzies, gardener 

 to Chkistoi>her Kawson, Esq., Hope House, Halifax, from seeds sent trom 

 Chili. Flowers, sub erect; petals, lilac coloured, darker in the centre. Dr. 

 Hooker believes that F. appendiculata and sonehifolia are mere varieties of 

 the same species. The plant is hardy, increased by seeds or divisions, hardy. 



7. Mtmarda fistulusa ((lure maculato), Spotted flowered. Syn. M. purpurea, 

 M. allophvlla, M. uiidul'ata, M. allissijna, M. aliinis, M. media, M. oblongata, 

 M. mollis, M. menthsefolia. This plant was sent from New Orleans, by Mr. 

 Dm mmoM), to the Glasgow Botanical Garden, and flowered in the open air 

 in the summer of 1883. The plant is hardy. Flowers, pale rose-coloured, 

 with darker spots. 



Edwards's Botanical Register. Edited by Dr. Lindley, Pro- 

 fessor of Botany in the University of London. 4s. coloured, 

 3s. plain. 



1. Botlh'othta pectwttta, Syn. Orchis pectinatus, Orchis Burniamiia, Are- 



ciliaris. Gynandria, Monandria. Orchidea-. This plant is a native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, and (lowers from October to December. We 

 presume tljat this, like all the Cape Orchideous plants, is incapable of being 

 cultivated permanently by any means hitherto discovered; for the roots, 

 although when first imported they flower, afterwards disappear. They should 

 be planted in sandy loam, and kept in as light a greenhouse as possible; for 

 it Is probable thai (in- reason of their disappearing is the want of light during 

 their growing season in this country. Flowers: purplish lilac, Hartholina, 

 in memory of the great Danish anatomist and physiologist, Thomas Bar- 

 tholin. 



2. lAalri* uariosa, Large flowered. Syngenesia, Polygamia, CEqualis. 

 Composite. Syn. Serrattula scariosa. It is a native of North America, in- 

 habiting sandy woods, and growing three or four feet high. Flowers: rose, 

 with a higher coloured centre; the blossom is about one inch and a half in 

 diameter. Blooms freely, and is quite hardy. In bloom from July to Octo- 

 ber. It tell deserves cultivation. 



>'.,. Ico-andria, Digyuiu. Pomacea-. Syn. Pyrus vestita. 

 I found naturally in the highest of the mountainous parts of 



Northi in India, at from 9,000 to 12,000 feet of elevation, flowering in May. 

 i eaten bj the bill people. Growing in the garden of the London 



Horticultural Society. Flowers: greenish white, l'wu-, from I'irrn, its Cel 



une. 



I. l«/cr rminrnt; \ar. vkryitUtU. Pure White l.ofly Aster. Syngenesia, 



itnia, Sii]n rtlua. Composites. Syn. A. junceiis, A. longifolius, A. 



sjbus. An extreme!} common North American lierbaeeous plant, loittld 



rrowin ..i canals, and in manbe from New" York to Carolina, 



flowering from Sip' October, Flowers; white. Plani gr6w« froiu 



