258 Floricultural and Botanical Notices.. 



66. HoYA ciNNAMOMiFL'LiA Hook. Cinnamoii-leaved Hoya. 



{x\sclepiaddcecB.) Java. 



A stove plant; growing four feet high; with greenish yellow and pale purple flowers; in- 

 creased by cuttings ; cultivated in heath soil and leaf mould. Flore des serres, 1S48, pi. 130. 



67. Gloxinia Fyfiana. Mr. Fyfe's Gloxinia. {Gesnerid- 



ce(B.) Garden Hybrid. 



A stove plant ; growing one foot hish ; with white and violet flowers. Flore des gerres, 1848. 

 pi. 311. 



A very beautiful hybrid gloxinia, with large, upright flow- 

 ers, of a delicate white, and a deep bold colored throat; the 

 peduncles are very long, and the whole character of the plant 

 is peculiar and elegant. It was obtained from seed by Mr. 

 Fyfe, but the varieties which produced so singular a hybrid 

 are not known. It is of easy cultivation, and is one of the 

 finest hybrids yet raised. {Flore des Serres, Jan.) 



68. Maclea^na corda^ta Hook. Heart-leaved Macleania. 



{Yacci?iidce(B.) South America. 



a greenhouse plant ; growing three feet high ; with orange-colored flowers ; appearing In spring ; 

 increased by cuttings ; cultivated in heath soil, leaf mould, and sand. Flore des Serres, 1848, 

 pi. 313. 



69. Sola'ndra lteVis Hook. Smooth Solandra. {Sola?idceoe.) 



A greenhouse plant ; growing twofeethigh ; with white flowers ; appearing in spring ; increased 

 by cuttings ; cultivated in loam, leaf mould, and sand. Flore des Serres, 1848, pi. 313. 



Solandrcr grandiflora is a well known ornament of our green- 

 houses, where its very large, yellowish, trumpet-shaped flow- 

 ers, ten inches long, are among the showiest of its season. 

 S. Ise^vis is somewhat similar, but the flowers, though about 

 as long, are not quite so large and open : they are of a green- 

 ish white. In habit, it is similar to the S. grandiflora, and its 

 treatment is the same. {Flore des Serres, Feb.) 



70. Ceropje^gia Cuminga^na Decaisne Mr. Cumings's Cero- 



paegia. {Asclepiaddceoe.) Java. 



a stove climber ; growing six feet high ; with chocolate and white flowers ; appearing in spring ; 

 increased by cuttings ; grown in heath soil, leaf mould, and sand. Flore des Serres, 1S18, pi. 315. 



A most beautiful stove climber. 



