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3. Alyxia Daphnoides, Daphne-like Alyxia. Pentandria, Monogynia. Apo- 

 cynese. Plants of this very distinct Daphne-looking species were introduced 

 to the Royal Gardens by Mr. Cunningham, in 1831, where they soon after- 

 wards flowered, and produced green fruit. It is remarkably hardy, simply 

 requiring protection from frost, and is readily propagated by cuttings. It is 

 a shrub of strong growth, inhabiting dry shaded woods on Norfolk Island, 

 where it is by no means of frequent occurrence. 



4. Caladium fragrantissimum, Delicious-scented Caladium. Monaecia, Po- 

 lyandria. Aroideae. This new species was introduced into the Liverpool 

 Botanic Garden, from Demer.ira, by C. S. Parker, Esq. Among other 

 plants which invest the stems of trees in the forests of the tropics, the dif- 

 ferent species of Caladium constitute a striking feature, both in regard to 

 form and colour. Some are stemless; others have long climbing stems, send- 

 ing forth thick wiry roots, if they may be so called; for they seem rather 

 calculated to imbibe nourishment from the surrounding atmosphere, than to 

 fix the plaut producing them to their place of growth. We are familiar with 

 the general form of their inflorescence, from that of the Arum maculatum 

 (or Wake-Robin) of our banks and hedges in England. The floral covering 

 is generally of a pale and unobtrusive colour, and scentless; but in our spe- 

 cies, and some others, it is in part richly tinged with red ; and the whole 

 inflorescence yields a fragrance, which, in the present species, can only be 

 compared with that of the nell-kuown Olea fragrans, but far more powerful. 



6. Ipomcea Horsf alius, Mrs. Horsfall's Ipomaea. Peutaudria, Monogynia. 

 Convolvulaceae. Seeds of the present species were received by Charles 

 Horsfall, Esq., either from Africa or from the East Indies, and raised by 

 his very skilful gardener, Mr. Henri Evans, at Everton, where the plants 

 produced their lovely rosy crimsou- coloured blossoms in great profusion 

 during the months of December and January (1S33-4), a season when so gay 

 a visitor is particularly welcome to the stove. Ipomaea, see page 61. 



6. Lonicera Chinensis, Chinese Honeysuckle. Pentandria, Monogynia. 

 Caprifolijceae. A native of China; and though treated at first as an inmate 

 of the greeuhouse, it proves to be perfectly hardy. It produces its beautiful 

 fragrant flowers through a great part of summer and autumn. Lonicera, so 

 named in honour of A. Lonicer, a great German botanist, who died iu 158G. 



7. Slreptanthus oblusifolius. Blunt-leaved Streptanthus. Tetradynamia, 

 Siliquosa. Cruciferaj. This species is a very showy annual plant, and was 

 received, under the name of " Arkansa Cabbage," from the hot springs of the 

 Arkausa territory. It is cultivated in the Glasgow Botanic Garden. It will 

 no doubt bear the open air, though Mr. Murray has hitherto kept it in the 

 greenhouse. Flowers : fine rose colour, with a very deep lake-coloured spot 

 at the base of each liinb. Streptanthus, from Slrepho, to turn or twist; and 

 anlhos, a flower, — iu allusion to the twisted petals, 



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I. Cyclobothra alba, White Cyclobothra. Hexandria, Trigyuia. Liliacea-. 

 A Califoruiao bulbous plant, introduced by the Horticultural Society. It 

 forms quite a new class of horticultural objects, of great interest; represent- 

 ing, at midsummer, which is their time of flowering, the Fritillaries and 

 Tulips of the spriDg. They are probably quite as hardy as Tulips, like which 

 they should be treated ; unless it should prove that their bulbs are capable of 

 living all the year round iu the open ground, a property we can hardly anti- 

 cipate, considering how dry and mild a climate is that of California, com- 

 pared with Englaud. In the Garden of the Horticultural Society, they have 

 been planted in the open border, in a light loamy soil, in a cold frame, where 

 they grew with considerable vigour, flowered beautifully, and produced abun- 

 dance of seed. Cyclobothra, from Kuklvs, a circle; and tSolhros, a pit, — in 

 allusion to the circular depression from which the petate distil honey. 



