422 Mtices of neiv and beautiful Plants. 



LX. ProteacecB. 



ISOPOOON 



Louiioiiii Brown, Mr. Loudon's Isopogon. A green-house shrub, growing four or five feet high ; 

 flowers rich purple, appearing in spring; a native of New Holland. Bot. Mag., t. 342:. 



"A rare and handsome plant, and probably the most 

 showy of the whole gemis." This species was raised from 

 seeds at Kew, and at Mr. Knight's, of the King's road, in 

 1830, but has flowered only at the former place. The plant 

 is erect in its growth, with alternate lanceolate, coriaceous 

 leaves. The flowers are in terminal heads, much spreading, 

 and of a rich purple color. Named in compliment to Mr. 

 Loudon, the able conductor of the Gardener's Magazine, 

 and editor of various works on horticulture, agriculture, &c. 

 Discovered by Mr. Baxter, near King George's Sound, in 

 1829. {Bot. Mag., July.) 



HAKEA Sw. ^ , . , ^ 



ferruginea Siu. Rusty-stalked Hakea. A green-house shrub, growing six feet high; flowers 

 white ; a native of New Holland. Bot. Mag., t. 3-424. 



A very handsome species, raised from seeds in the botanic 

 garden, Edinburgh. The flowers appear in axillary fas- 

 icles, sessile, on several inches of the main branches ; Dr. 

 Graham states that it comes nearest to the repanda. " It 

 flowers freely in a green-house." {Bot. Mag.., Aug.) 

 LXXXII. Legtiminosfice. 



CLIANTHITS Solander. (From Kleios, glory, and anthos, a flower, in reference to the noble as- 

 pect of the species of this beautiful genus.) 

 punlccus Solander, Crimson Glory-pea. A green-house evergreen shrub ; growing three or four 

 feet high ; flowering all summer; color, a rich crimson; cultivated by seeds and layers; a 

 native of New Zealand. (Bot. Reg., t. 1775.) 



A most magnificent " half-herbaceous evergreen shrub," 

 in the climate of Britain ; and said to be, from its extraordi- 

 nary beauty, "• one of the most valuable species [plants] that 

 has been introduced of late years." In manner of growth, 

 it is said to be something like Sutherlandia frutescens. Be- 

 ing a native of New Zealand, it is supposed that it will 

 stand the winters of England unprotected. It is now priced 

 in the nurserymen's catalogues at ffty shillings sterling., and as 

 Dr. Lindley says, it will " form one of the most important 

 and welcome of all modern additions to our flower gardens," 

 we extract the following account of it, presuming this will be 

 read with interest, and so beautiful as it is, introduced into our 



collections. 



" Its leaves are smooth, pinnated, and of rather a succulent texture, 

 consisting of about eight pairs and an odd one. The stem is entirely 

 free froni furrows or angles, and is about as thick as a goose's quill. 

 The flowers grow in oval clusters, hanging down from the axils of the 

 leaves upon the lateral branches ; each flower is rather more than three 

 inches from the tip of the standard to the tip of the keel ; the petals are 

 of a light bright rich crimson, without any mottling or marking ; the 

 standard, which is of an ovate lanceolate figure, and much tapered to the 

 point, is reflexed so as almost to lie back upon the calyx ; the wings are 

 very much shorter than the keel, the point of which is so prolonged as to 

 look like the beak of some bird, although it must be confessed not much 

 like that of a parrot. The flowers are succeeded by brownish black 



