24 J^otices of new and beautiful Plants 



A pretty species, introduced into England by the Hon. W. F. 

 Strangways. It is erect in its growth, with slender and delicate 

 branches, and small, erect flowers, terminal upon all the shoots. 

 It is a native of walls and rocks in Dalaiatia, and is adapted to 

 our green-house or frame collections. In summer it might be 

 removed to the flower-border, where it would flower profusely. 

 {Bot. Reg., Oct.) 



Dicotyledonous, Monopetalous, Plants. 

 Scrophularidceoi. 



Ml'MVl.US 

 Harrhoni' Paxt. Harrison's Mimiilus. A hardy plant; growing three feet high; with rose- 



coUired l]()\v.'r-; iippea'iiijr in June. Pax. lua^. But., Vol. IV, p. 173. ^ 



Betwten jV. cardii aiis and jM. to ens. 



One of the most showy varieties of the whole group. The 

 habit of the plant is robust, erect, and slightly branched. The 

 flowers are large, two inches across, fully open, and of an exqui- 

 site transparent rose, with a few dark spots in the centre. It was 

 raised from seeds of the J\I. roseus, which had been impregnated 

 wnth the cardinalis. It takes after the cardinalis in its mode of 

 growth; but it has the purity of color of the roseus. Probably 

 it may be treated like the J)I. cardinalis, as a hardy annual; see 

 another page. It was raised in the nursery of Messrs. Low & 

 Co., Clapton. {Pax. Mag. Bot., Sept.) 



MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PlANTS. 



Iriddcece. 



cno'cvs 



Imp rdt'' Tenore Imperato's Crocus. A liarily hnlli; growing six indie's hi^^h; with i urple 

 Howtrs; appearing in April; incieas il freely hv seeds. Bot. Iteg., 11»1)3. 



Another of the fine acquisitions to our gardens, introduced into 

 England by the Hon. W. F. Strangways. It is one of the finest 

 of the genus. The sepals and petals are of a beautiful clear pur- 

 ple, and the former are elegantly veined with dark brown. It 

 flowers very early, and does not require so much sun to unfold 

 its blossoms as the common C. vernus and its varieties. C Im- 

 perati is found in profusion in all parts of the country south of 

 Naples, in every hedge bank, to the height of two thousand feet 

 above the sea; but it has never attracted much attention. 



A variety, C. Imperati var. albiflorus, is the most beautiful of 

 all the white ones. It is found much higher up in the mountains 

 and is rare. [Bot. Reg., Sept.) 

 Orchiddcece. 



MI'LTO'NIA (In honor of Lord Fit/.williain, one of the oldest and steadiest friends of natural 

 science in Great Britain. Lbidky.) 

 Bpectihilis Limll. Showy Milldnin. A stove epiphyte; growing a loot high; with white 

 and red flowers; appearing in July; a native of Brazil. Bot. Keg., 1992. 



This is the plant we mentioned (III, p. 421,) as about to ap- 

 pear in the Botanical Register: it is a most splendid species- 

 The sepals are greenish-white, and the labellum superbly shaded 



