346 JVotices of new and beautiful Plants. 



CLVII. BegonidcecB. 



BEGONIA. ^ _, 



petaloides Lindl. Petaled Begonia. A stove plant ; flowers rosy red and white; introduced 

 in 1835. Bot. Reg., t. 1757. 



" A pretty little species," though the genus is not much 

 appreciated by our amateurs and gardeners. " One of the 

 prettiest things in the garden of Schonbrun, is a Begonia 

 house, filled with this genus, and ferns growing upon de- 

 cayed wood and old tan." The flowers are small, on long 

 peduncles, in number two or three, elevated above the 

 foliage. This species is " peculiarly instructive" to bota- 

 nists, as it confirms the true character of the order Begoni- 

 acese. {Bot. Mag., May.) 



Dycotyledonous, Monopetalous Plants. 



CLXX. Ericdcece. 



RHODODENDRON. 



nudillorum; var. eximium D. Don. Choice Rosebay ; a hardy evergreen shrub; flowers 

 crimson, with dark spots ; appearing in May ; propagated like the other varieties. Sweet's Fl. 

 Gard., t. 291. 



Another magnificent hybrid, between our native Rhodo- 

 dendron (Azdlea), nudifloram var. coccinea major, and the 

 R. arboreum, the former fertilized with the latter, raised by 

 that most successful cultivator, Mr. William Smith, now at 

 Norbiton Conmion, near Kingston. Mr. Smith has enriched 

 our gardens with hybrids of the Rhododendron, which sur- 

 pass in splendor any of our indigenous species. The present 

 plant must be a very desirable variety : with all the 

 hardness of the nudiflora, it combines the brilliancy of the 

 flower of R. arboreum. The foliage is evergreen ; the 

 flowers are disposed in corymbs, from ten to twelve in each ; 

 easily increased by layers. {Sioeet''s Fl. Gard., June.) 



Azalea indica hybrida (raised from seeds of A. phoenicea, 

 impregnated with A. ledifolia,) has been raised by the 

 Messrs. Young, of the Epsom Nursery, and exhibited at the 

 London Horticultural Society. 



CLXXI. Epacridece. 



EPACRIS. 



impressa Labill. Foveolated Epacris. A green-house shrub; flowers, rose-colored ; appear- 

 ing in February and March ; propagated by cuttings; introduced in 1825. .Hot. Mag., t. 3407. 



A graceful species, of the lovely genus Epacris: the E. 

 grandiflora is well known as one of the most elegant green- 

 house shrubs we possess. E. impressa is scarcely less inter- 

 esting: the flowers are of a deep rich rosy-pink color, grace- 

 fully pendulous, and disposed in terminal spikes. The leaves 

 are more scattered, narrower, of a deeper green, than E. 

 grandiflora, and end in a sharp, almost spinous point. It is 

 a native of the south coast of New Holland, and of Van 

 Dieman's Land, and was introduced by the Messrs. Mackay, 

 of Clapton. {Bot. Mag., May.) 



