224 JVotices of new and beautiful Plants 



high ; with yellow flowers ; appearing in Ausust and September ; propagated by seeds ; 

 a native of the Swan River. Bot. Reg., t. 1941. 



" A lovely plant, with its strong heads of the most rich and 

 transparent yellow, having quite a metallic brilliancy when illu- 

 minated by the sun. It may be said, indeed, that Elichrysum 

 bracteatum and bicolor are more showy; but they want altogether 

 the softness and dehcacy of Morna, while the latter is destitute 

 of none of their richness and brilliancy." Itflowered, for the 

 first time, in England in 1S36, and was exhibited at one of the 

 London Horticultural Society's exhibitions by Robert Mangles, 

 Esq., who obtained a Knightian medal. It is certainly an ele- 

 gant plant; the flower, though somewhat resembhng our well 

 known golden eternal flower, is, however, far more delicate, of 

 greater lustre, and, in habit, as graceful and lovely as its generic 

 name imphes. It is a rich acquisition. (Bot. Reg., March.) 



Gesnerekce^e. 



GESNE'R./? 

 Sellowi Dr. Sellow's Gesnera. An herbaceous stove plant ; growing a foot or more in 

 height ; flowers brieht scarlet ; propagated by cuttings ; cultivated in sandy peat and 

 loam ; a native of Brazil. Pax. Mag. Bot., Vol. III. 



A most brilliant plant, with dense terminal racemes of very 

 bright scarlet flowers; the corolla is tubular, and nearly three 

 inches long. The leaves opposite and nearly sessile. It is a 

 native of Brazil, and was first sent to the Botanic Garden at 

 Berlin, by the botanist in honor of whom the specific name 

 was given. The root is bulbous, and, when in a dormant state, 

 watering must be withheld; but if a little care is given, it is easily 

 grown. It is allied to the G. faucialis, noticed in II. p. 25. 

 (Pax. Mag. Bot., March.) 



ScrophularidcecB. 



yERCyJVICA (an old but not classical Latin name, whose derivation has occupied and per- 

 plexed etymologists as much as any upon record.— Supposed by some to be an alteration 

 of Betonica, by others to be derived from the Greek, and by a third to be of a mule kind 

 between the Greek and Latin. — Smith.) 

 perfolidta Dictr. Perfoliate Veronica. A frame perennial ; growing a foot high ; with 

 blue flowers ; appearing in July ; propagated by division of the roots; a native of Port 

 Jackson. Bot. Reg., 1930. 



Introduced some years since to Britain, but is seldom culti- 

 vated; the racemes or spikes of flowers are of a pale blue, and 

 graceful; and probably the reason why it has not been grown is 

 its tenderness, being unable to stand the severity of the winter, in 

 England, unprotected. 



Dr. Lindley states that V. (Ziosmsefolia, salicifolia and cattar- 

 ractfe, all natives of either New Holland, Van Dieman's Land, 

 or New Zealand, and not yet in Europe, "yield in beauty to few 

 plants of the same countries." 



Veronicas are a pretty tribe, and several species, as V. exalta- 

 tum, neglecta, elegans, spicata, pumila, &c., we have in our 

 possession; they are all perfectly hardy, and are among the pret- 

 tiest perennial plants. {Bot. Reg., Feb.) 



