178 JSTotices of new and beautiful Plants 



soms, appearing in terminal corymbs or bunches. It is a native of Ha- 

 vana, where it was found by Jacquin, growing on " bush-covered rocks, 

 near the sea," and sometimes upon the naked rock itself; he describes it 

 as an " inelegant straggling shrub, about six feet high," and states that 

 Its flowers are " as sweet-scented as violets." Cultivated in a stove, 

 this odor exists only in a slight degree. It requires the heat of the stove 

 the year through, and will not bear to be exposed to the open air of 

 Britain even in the summer. Drawn from the collection of the Messrs. 

 Loddiges, in 1834. {Bot. Reg., Nov.) 



Polemonidcece. 



Gl'LM 

 teniiifldra Linrll. Slender-flowered Gilia. A liardy anrmal ; growing two feet high; with 

 violet and rose colored flowers ; appearing in August; increased by seeds; a native of 

 California. Rot. Reg., 1888. 



Less beautiful than any of the gilias heretofore introduced. It was 

 discovered by Mr. Douglas, and sent home under the name of G. splen- 

 dens; but Dr. Lindley has not thought it deserving of that appellation. 

 The habit of the plant is very slender; the flowers are smaller than the 

 G. tricolor, and are of a clear violet color on the inside, and a pale rose 

 on the outside; the latter color "is much affected by the presence of innu- 

 merable short deep red lines, which are as delicate as if they were 

 drawn with the point of a needle." This species will form a good 

 companion to the G. tricolor, when grown in a pot; and its tiny violet 

 colored blossoms will be a desirable addition to the nosegays of winter. 

 For border cultivation it will be scarcely worth planting. (Bot. Reg., 

 Sept.) 



LEPTOSrPHON Bentkam (literally slevder-tvhe, in allusion to tlie structure ot the corolla.) 

 androsaceus Benth. Androsace-ZjAc Leptosiplion. A hardy annual ; growing about a foot 

 high ; with flowers varying from while to blue ; appearing in June and July ; a native of 

 California; introduced in 1832. Pax. Mag. Bot. 



A very beautiful hardy annual, with dense capitate corymbs of long 

 slender corollas, varying in their hue from white to pale blue and 

 pink: at the base of these corymbs are a number of floral leaves, from 

 the centre of which arise the flowers. It is a native of California, and 

 is one of the rich acquisitions of Mr. Douglass. It does not thrive dur- 

 ing the hot weather of summer, but its flowers are produced in perfec- 

 tion when the nights are cool, with heavy dews; the seeds should con- 

 sequently either be sown in the fall, to have them bloom in early spring, 

 or in June, to flower in autumn. It will flourish in a shady situation. 

 Its seeds are sparingly produced. {Pax. Mag. Bot., Nov.) 



densif\6rus Bevth. Thick- flowered Leptosiphon. A hardy annual ; growing about ten in- 

 ches in height ; with flowers varying from white to blue ; appearing in June and July ; 

 a native of California. Pax. Blag. Bot. 



Differing from L. androsaceus in its flowers, which are three times as 

 large and with a much shorter tube ; they are not produced so numerously, 

 and, taken altogether, this species is much inferior to the former. Its 

 habit and mode of cultivation are the same. Introduced by Mr. Doug- 

 las. (Pax. Mag. Bot., Nov.) 



Myrsinidcece. 



ARDI'SIA (from ardis, the point of a weapon, in allusion to the sharp-pointed segments 

 of the corolla.) 

 odontophylla Mpk. Dec. Tooth-leaved Ardisia. A stove shrub ; growing four feet and 

 upwards in height; with pale salmon colored flowers; appearing in July; a native of 

 Ben;;al. Bot. Reg., 1^92. 



" Independently of its being, like all the ardisias, a handsome ever- 

 green, this species is remarkable for its delicious fragrance." The flow- 

 ers are produced in axillary racemes, gracefully pendulous, and of a 

 pale salmon color; the foliage is very handsome.. Flowered for the 

 first time in England in the E.votic Nursery of Mr. Knight. All the 

 ardisias should be in stove collections. Both in foliage and flowers, 

 and particularly in their fruit, they are always ornamental. (Bot. Reg., 

 Sept.) 



