252 JVotices of nezc and beautiful Plants 



red flower, and the third partakes of a character between the two 

 first; being darker than ^osa Victoria, and hghter than the oth- 

 er. All three are stated to be worthy a place in the most select 

 collections; but it will be a long period before they can be pro- 

 duced at a reasonable rate. 



C. japonica var. Lawrenceidwa, is the name of a very fine new 

 variety which has flowered in the nursery of Messrs. Lowe & 

 Co., Clapton. It is said to be beautiful. 



The Louis Philippe and Cardinal camellias, both of which we 

 noticed some time since, are oflered for sale, one at three and 

 the other at two guineas. Louis Philippe is said to possess the 

 rare property of being fragrant, and is distinctly violet-scented. 

 In this variety and Parks's striped, are laid the germs of what may, 

 at some future time, be the means of producing new kinds which 

 will possess odorous properties, as agreeable and as strong as the 

 rose. 



Mr. Allnutt and Messrs. Chandler each exhibited, at a late 

 meeting of the London Horticultural Society, a seedling camel- 

 lia. 



LoasacecE. 



LOA^SA (meaning unknown) 

 lateritia Hooker Red Loasa. A green-house climber; with brick-red colored flowers; ap- 

 pearing nearly all the year; a native of South America; propagated by seeds or cuttings. 

 Bot. Keg., N. s. 29. 



This is much the finest of all the loasas. The other species, 

 as regards their beauty, are but little better than weeds, and they 

 scarcely deserve a place in the garden, on account of the nettle- 

 like hairs with which the plants are covered stinging the hands, 

 if touched, so as to cause much pain. As respects this latter 

 property, the present subject is equally objectionable. But the 

 brilliancy of its large, pendulous, orange, or brick-red colored 

 blossoms, and its fine climbing habit, combined, render it an at- 

 tractive and altogether elegant object. The other species are 

 dwarf, diffuse growing plants, and make no show whatever. 

 The leaves are usually palmated, pinnatified or three-lobed, on 

 slender petioles, the flowers springing from the axils of each. 

 It flowers nearly all the year, in the summer season in the open 

 air, and under glass during the remainder of the year. The 

 plants were originally raised at the Botanic Garden, Glasgow, 

 from seeds transmitted by Mr. Tweedie, and obtained by him in 

 Tucamana. Its easy mode of increase, both by seeds and cut- 

 tings, has already rendered it comparatively common. [Bot. 

 Reg., April.) 



FabdcecB or Legumindsw. 



JilUCUM'A Adan«. (the Brazilian name of one of the species, according to Maregraaf.) 



pn'iriens I). C. West Indian Cow-itch Plant. A stove twiner; crowing eiglitorten fret liigh; 

 with purple flowers'; appearing in September. A native of the West Indies. Propagat- 

 ed liy se'eds. Bot. Reg., i». s. 18. 

 Syn: Liolichos pniriens Linn. sp. pi. 1420. 



This is the plant from which the slinging substance, the cow- 



