figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 175 



be figured in the Magazine of Botany. It belongs to the natu- 

 ral order Facciniacece. 



Dicotyledonous, Polypetalous, Plants. 



JlfA'LVA 



Munroana Lindl. Jlr. AFunro's Malva. A half hardy shrub ; growing about two feet hijh; 

 with scarlet (towers ; appearing in fummer ; a native of Coluniliia River; introduced to 

 EnsUnd in 1826; tultivaled by seeds, in a rather poor soil. Pax. Mag. Bot., Vol. IV. 

 p. 2l39. 



One of the prettiest species of JJfalva we have ever seen. 

 The flowers are of a light bright scarlet, tolerably large, and 

 produced in abundance all over the plant. Mr. Douglas discov- 

 ered it in 1826, and sent seeds to the London Horticultural So- 

 ciety, where the plants flowered for the first time in 1829. ]Mr. 

 Douglas has observed that this plant was one of the most beauti- 

 ful he collected in 1826. Mr. Paxton states that it "will do 

 well, perhaps best, treated as a green-house plant, being less ex- 

 posed to violent rains, &c.; but it grows very vigorously and 

 flowers profusely at almost any season, if planted in the border." 

 In the latter situation the plants prefer a soil somewhat poor, in 

 preference to that which is rich. When grown in pots, the 

 plants should be watered freely. 



This is a species, which, we hope, will be introduced and 

 generally grown; a bed of it would form a pretty contrast with 

 the Jlialope trifida var. grandiflora. (Mag. Bot., Jan.) 



i?IBl'SCUS 



lilacinus Lindl. Lilac Hibiscu?. A preen-house shrub ; grnwine four or five feet high; 

 with lilac flowers; appearing in sprini,'; a native of Swan River. Bot. Reg., 2009. 



A pretty species, obtained from seeds sent to England from 

 Swan River, by Sir James Sterling. The leaves are tripartate 

 and filiform; the flowers are produced on axillary peduncles, sol- 

 itary, of a fine lilac color, and about two inches in expansion. 

 It will form a pretty species for. turning out in the border in 

 summer, but will require protection during winter. (Bot. Reg., 

 Dec.) 



Onagrdcem. 

 Fu'cnsu 



fulgens Z). C. The Glowing Fuchsia. A green-house plant ; growing three or four feet hish; 

 with vermilioncoloreil tlowwrs ; appeaiitm in April and Alay; a native of Mexico; in- 

 creased by cuttings, and cultivated in loam and peat. Bot. Reg., n. s. 1. 



"This is probably the most brilliant plant of the Temperate 

 Flora of Mexico." It was originally met with by Mocino and 

 Lesse, two Spanish naturalists, and has very lately been intro- 

 duced to Britain. The flowers are produced in profusion on 

 axillary peduncles, towards the extremities of the branches, pen- 

 dulous, very long and tubular, and open at the mouth. The 

 leaves are rather large, opposite, denticulated and glabrous. A 

 plant, well grown and in full bloom, would be a superb object. 

 Dr. Lindley states that it is difhcult to conceive anything more 

 brilliant than the appearance of this species, when its rich ver- 

 milion-colored flowers are formed beneath the influence of a 



