138 EXTRACTS. 



Limne, a lake ; and anthos, a flower, — in allusion to the supposed habits of 

 the only species. 



6. Mimulus Smilhii. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Scrophularinete. This 

 variety was raised by Mr. George Smith, nurseryman, Islington, near 

 London, from seed obtained by fertilizing M. variegatus with M. luteus 

 rivularis. It is a hardy plant, with all the habit of M. luteus rivularis, and 

 no doubt requires the same treatment as that species. Flowers : yellow, 

 with five crimson spots, one being upon each division of the petal. Mimu- 

 lus, from Mimo, an ape, — seeds being like the face of an ape. 



7. Perncttia mucronata, Pointed leaved. Decandria, Monogynia. Ericere. 

 Synonym, Arbutus mucronata. This plant is a native of the Straits of 

 Magellan. It is a hardy evergreen shrub, of considerable beauty, on account 

 of the neat appearance and dark colour of its foliage ; its flowers are pretty, 

 white, small. It is grown in the garden of Wm, Harrison, Esq., Ches- 

 hunt. It has there already acquired a size which is quite remarkable for 

 so small a plant. Within three years it has formed a bush three feet six 

 inches in diameter, and two feet six inches high. Mr. Harrison cultivates 

 it in peat, as an American plant. Pemettia, named after Dom Pernettv, 

 the author of the account of a voyage to the Falkland Islands. 



8. Calochortus splendens, Satiny flowered. Hexandria, Monogynia. Li- 

 liacea?. Another fine species of Californian bulb, obtained by the Horti- 

 cultural Society from Mr. Douglas. It requires the same treatment as C. 

 venustus. The flowers of C. splendens are somewhat smaller than C. 

 venustus, and of a purplish lilac colour. The genus Calochortus now con- 

 sists of five species, of which the following is a list, viz. C. macrocarpus, 

 splendens, luteus, venustus, and nitidus. The four first species only have 

 been introduced into tliis country. 



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1. Nierevibergta intermedia, Narrow-leaved, Purple flowered. Solanete. 

 Synonym, Salpiglossis linearis. (See page 119 of the present Volume.) 



2. Pceonia JMnulan ; var. variegata. Party-coloured Tree Pceony. Po- 

 lyandria, Digynia. Ranuncuhu c;e. The Earl of Mointnorris, whose 

 successful culture of the Tree Pceony has been rewarded by the production 

 of several splendid varieties, far excelling any of those imported from China, 

 was so fortunate also as to raise the present fine variety, which is remarka- 

 ble for its dwarf and almost herbaceous habit. It was raised from seeds of 

 the papavaracea, which his Lordship supposes had been accidentally ferti- 

 lized by some of the herbaceous species. The flowers are large and showy, 

 six inches across, seldom more than ten petals, white, stained with a deep 

 rose-colour in various parts, the base marked with numerous radiating 

 streaks of violet and purple. The Tree Po?onies are propagated by layers, 

 which should be twisted a little ; and the soil best adapted for them is a 

 mixture of vegetable earth. The generic name, Pceonia, is derived, ac- 

 cording to some, from Pozon, a noted physician of antiquity; and by others 

 (which is much the most probable), from Pceonia, a mountainous country of 

 Macedonia, where some of the species grow wild. 



3. Nycterinia Lychnidea, White flowered. Didynamia, Angiospermia. 

 Scrophularinea>. Synonym, Erinus Lychnidea?. This plant forms a pretty 

 border flower during the summer months, thriving in a mixture of sandy 

 peat and loam, and is readily increased both by seeds and cuttings. A 

 supply of cuttings should be put in, in the autumn, and kept in the green- 

 house, or in the propagating pit, until the middle of May, when they are to 

 be planted out in the open border. Its blossoms are elegant: the under side 

 of tbe petals of a livid purple, and the upper of a milk white ; tube, purple. 

 The flowers expand only in the evening, or in cloudy weather, audaro then 



