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variety of this winter flowering plant, with deeper colored 

 flowers, being of an orange or pale scarlet. In habit and 

 growth it resembles the M. odorata. 



281. Bego^nia natale'nsis Hook. Natal Begonia. (Be- 



goniacccB.) Natal. • 



A yreeiilioiise plant; iirowin; afoot hi^h ; with bliisli-colored flowers ; a;)iieiirin;j in winter ; 

 increased by cuttings ; grown in leaf mould, peat and sand. Bot. Ma?., 1855, pi. 4841. 



" A desirable inmate of a warm greenhouse, from its being 

 so abundant a flowerer, and from the flowers being in perfec- 

 tion in the winter months November and December." The 

 flowers resemble the old incarnata, but the foliage is far hand- 

 somer, being semi-cordate, deeply lobed, and the surface 

 marked with white spots. It has a tuberous root '' which 

 graduall}'- contracts itself into the thickened base of the stem." 

 Its delicate colored flowers and their season of blooming will 

 make it a favorite plant. — [Bot. Mag., April.) 



282. ScioDA^CALYX Warszewi'czii Regel. Warszewicz's 

 ScioDACALYx. (GcsneraceaB. ) New Grenada. 



A sreenhouse plant ; srowin; three or four feet hi^h ; with yellow and scarlet flowers -, appear- 

 in;; in auiunin ; increased by the roots or stolones ; grown in very light leaf mould and sand. Bol. 

 Mag., 1655, pi. 4843. 



A gesneraceous plant, apparently between a Gesnera and 

 an Achimenes, resembling in its flowers Achimenes picta. It 

 is a native of New Grenada, from whence it was sent to the 

 Botanic Garden of Zurich. The stem and leaves are villous, 

 hil-sute, and the flowers appear in clusters of eight or ten on 

 peduncles which spring from the axils of the leaves ; they are 

 scarlet on the outside and yellow inside, dotted with scarlet. 

 In a warm house it blooms from July till nearly the end of 

 winter. {Bot. Mag., April.) 



283. Be'rberis Bea^lei var. planifo^lia Fortune. Mr. 

 Beale's Chinese Berberry: flat-leaved variety. (Ber- 

 beridese.) China. 



A half hardy or hardy shrub ; growin? two or three feet high ; with yellow flowers ; appearins 

 in spring ; increased by layers ; grown in light rich soil. But. Mag., 1S55, pi. 4846 



This is one of the many Chinese berberries found by Mr. 

 Fortune in his researches in his China expedition. It has 



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