228 Notices of new and beautiful Plants. 



flowers ; all the Justicias are showy and valuable plants for stove col- 

 lections. 



CCXX. VerhendcccE. 



VERBE^NA. 

 sulphurea. Don. Sulphur-colored Vervain. A hardy perennial ; (jtovvs six 

 inches liigh ; propagated by cuttings and layers ; a native of Chili. Bot. Reg., 

 t. 1748. 



" Although not so conspicuous for its heauty as V. Chaniaedrifo- 

 11a, it is nevertheless a neat, pretty species, which demands a place 

 in all select collections." We should think a bed of that little gem, 

 the latter species, with its glittering scarlet blossoms, together with 

 one of the V. sulphurea, would present a pleasing contrast. We 

 hope to see it introduced ; found near Valparaiso, on the mountains. 

 —{Bot. Reg., March.) 



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CCXXI. LabidtcE. 



GARDOQUI'A. 



Hookerii. Bcntli. Scarlet Gardoquia. A half-hardy plant; with orange col- 

 ored flowers; a native of Florida; propagated by cuttings. Bot. Reg., t. 

 1747. 



A very pretty species " half hardy, and half shrubby ;" a native 

 of Florida, according to Nuttall. — (Bot. Reg., March.) 



We hope, if not already in our nurseries, (of which we are not 

 aware,) plants will be procured from Florida, or introduced from 

 England. Would probably require protection in our climate. 



PHYSOSTE^GIA. 



imbricata. Hook. Imbricated physostegia. A hardy perennial ; grows about 

 six feet high ; flowers from August to October ; a native of tlie Texas ; propa- 

 gated by division of the root. Bot. Mag., t. 338G. 



A highly ornamental, hardy, herbaceous plant ; growing to the 

 height of five or six feet, and producing spikes of flowers, through 

 the latter part of summer and autumn. Very similar in appearance 

 to Dracocephalum virginianum, which is common in our gardens : 

 P. imbricata is, however, " much taller, the leaves are broader and 

 more numerous, and crowded, the flowers dense, nearly erect, and 

 closely imbricated."^(J5ot Mag., Feb.) 



CCXXII. BoraginecB. 



Lithosp^rmum rosmarinifblium, Tenore, is figured in the Bot. Reg. for 

 Feb., t. 1736. It is a native of the south of Italy, found growing on limestone 

 rocks. Well adapted for rock work, and should be protected from wet in 

 winter. "The blue of the flowers is of the most intense and brilliant 

 tint." 



It resembles, we should think from the plate, Cynoglossum plctum, a 

 hardy plant, which is now in blossom at Mr. Walker's, Bx>xbury, forming 

 patches of its deep, azure blue flowers. 



