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ia>I>orted it from the Brazils. It has, as Mr, Evans (the able gatfdOTier) ob- 

 serves,- an aromatic small, and larger flowers than C. tridentatirm. Flowers, 

 showy, green with purple spots, and yellow. Catasetum, from Kata, down- 

 ward, and seta, bristle, — alluding to two horns of the corolla. ' ' a^ii 



5. Pimelia hypcricina, Hypericum leaved. Diandria, Monogynia.- Thy- 

 matese, an ornamental slender shrub, rising three or more feet in height, 

 crowned with numerous heads of pale yellow flowers. This species was dis- 

 covered by Mr. William Baxter, at King George's Sound. When treated 

 as a hardy greenhouse plant, it thrives vigorously, aud in its season puts 

 forth its flower-heads in abundance. It blossoms from April to June. The 

 species was raised in this country from seeds received from New South 

 Wales, to Kew Gardens in 1829. Pimelia, from Pimele, fat. 



6. Arabis verna, Early- flowering Wall Cress. Tetradynamia, Siliquosa. 

 Cruciferas. Synonym, Hesperis verna. An extremely pretty annual, espe- 

 cially when cultivated in tufts, the very vivid purple blossoms making a 

 handsome appearance. The plant grows about four inches high; the flowers 

 aie terminal, three to four in each head. In the Glasgow Botanical Garden 

 it) hag flowered the same season as in Naples, It is well suited toornaffleHt 

 rodfi work. Arabis, from Arabia. 



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1. Paonia M oxttan ; albida plena, Double White Tree Pceony. Polyan- 

 dria, Monogynia. Ranunculaeea;. This noble variety of the Tree Pceony 

 was raised by the Earl of Mountnorris, from seeds of P. papavaracea, 

 saved at Arley Hall. It differs from the original in being semi-double, and 

 in having narrower and more lacerated petals. Pceonia, from Pceon, a phy- 

 sician who first used it in medicine. 



2. Platystemon Culifornkum. Polyandria Polygynia, Papaveraceae. A 

 native of California, whence it was sent by Mr. Douglas, to the London 

 Horticultural Society, in whose garden it flowered last September ; the few 

 seeds it produced have failed to vegetate, and the plant is, therefore, lost to our 

 gardens. The plant is annual, seldom obtaining above a foot in height; the 

 flower stems are only one flowered, which is terminal. The flower is small, 

 yellow, with occasionally a reddish tinge outside. The flower is sweet scented, 

 it blooms at the end of the summer. Platystemon, from platus, broad; and 

 siemon, a stamen; in allusion to the breadth of the filaments. 



3. Eschscholtzia crocea, Saffron coloured. Icosandria. Polyandria Tetra- 

 gynia. Papaveraceae. In general habit, foliage, and size of the flower, this 

 new species closely resembles the E. californica, and introduced by Mr. 

 Douglas on his first expedition. Eschscholtzia, from Dr. Eschscholtz. 



4. Arislolochia Chilcnsis, Chilian Birthwort. Gynandria, Alexandria. 

 Aristolochise. Very common in Chili; Mr. Bridges sends it under the 

 name here adopted, adding that it is called by the Chilenos, Oreja de la 

 Zoera, and that it is an herbaceous plant, found in stony places near Valpa- 

 raiso and Quillota. The plant is hardy enough to bear our climate. Plant 

 twining, flowers green and purple. Aristolochia, from Arislos, best, ajid 

 lochia, parturition, — medicinal qualities. 



5. Bletia gracilis, Slender Bletia. Gynandria, Monandria. Orchideu\ 

 A native of Mexico, whence it was introduced by Messrs. Loddiges's, of 

 Hackney. It has bloomed in the collections of James Bateman, Esq., and 

 the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert. Flower stems rise half-a yard 

 high. Flowers : sepals yellow, suffused with rose, labellum striped with rosi> 

 and yellow. It probably requires the treatment of Bletia verecunda, acuti- 

 petela, and Shepherdi, to all of which it is nearly related ; and it ought, 

 when at rest, to be kept where it is in no degree exposed to circumstance,. 

 that are favourable to its growth. Dryness, and a cool plate at the back of 



