figured in the London Flor. and Bol. J\Iagazincs. 417 

 FabdcecB or Leguminosce. 



HOS\'CKM Dong, 

 stolonilera LindJ. Creeping-roo«<'(Z Hosackia. A hardy herbaceous plant ; growing alinut 

 t .ree feet and a half; with red flowers ; appearing in June ; a native of California. Eol. 

 Reg , U'77. 



A hardy herbaceous plant, with the habit and general appear- 

 ance of some of the coronilias. The leaves are pinnate and the 

 flowers axillary, on the terminal points of all the branches, and 

 are slightly drooping upon the peduncle; flowers in color green- 

 ish-red, and not very attractiv^e, but the plant is valuable as grow- 

 ing very freely. It is increased freely by seeds. Sent to the 

 London Horticultural Society's garden, by Mr. Douglas, from 

 California. (Bat. Reg.., Aug.) 



LVPVNVS 

 Versicolor Lind!. Party-colored Lupine. A Iiardj' perennial plant ; growins about two feet 

 hiuh ; with pink, purple and white tljwers ; appearing in May and June; a native of 

 California. Bot. Reg., 197'j. 



" A very beautiful lupine, introduced from California by the 

 Horticultural Society, and hitherto but little known." It has 

 been called a dwarf variety of L. rivularis, but Dr. Lindley 

 considers it a distinct species. The plant has a decumbent habit, 

 and "produces a great profusion of its pale, many-colored flow- 

 ers, breathing the sweet perfume of the wild bean, during the 

 months of May and June." After this it assumes a shaggy habit. 

 Flowers about the size of the common L. perennis. We have 

 noticed a species (p. 253,) as flowering in our garden, of which 

 we had lost the name; we think it probable that it may be re- 

 ferred to the L. versicolor; it has the same habit and the same 

 colored flowers, but it never occurred to us to notice whether its 

 blossoms are fragrant or not: from what observation, however, 

 we took at the time the plant was in bloom, we should recognise 

 it as the versicolor. (Bot. Reg., Aug.) 



CriORI'ZEMA r.nh. 

 ovAta Barter Ovate.-leared Chorizema. A green-house shrub ; growing from one to two 

 feet high ; with scarlet and yellow flowers ; appearing in June ; cultivated in peat and 

 loam ; increased by cuttings; a native of New Holland. Pax. -Mag. But., Vol. IV, p. 15;i. 



A most exquisitely charming and brilliant species, introduced 

 by Mr. Baxter as late as 1831. Like many other New Holland 

 shrubs, which are rather difficult to increase, and which seem to 

 defy the attempts of cultivators to grow them in a healthy state, 

 it is yet found in but very few collections in Britain, and is less 

 often seen in flower in any degree of perfection. The plant is 

 erect in its habit, with small alternate, ovate, acuminate leaves: 

 the flowers appear in terminal racemes or small clusters; the vex- 

 illum, or two upper petals, is margined with rich scarlet or 

 crimson, and is yellow at the base. The drawing represents a 

 terminal branch, densely covered with these brilliant and showy 

 blossoms. It flowered in the nursery of the Messrs. Young, at 

 Epsom. 



Mr. Paxton has grown and successfully flowered this splendid 



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