figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 25.5 



We have thus been copious in our extracts, as we believe 

 there are now five or six species in the country, and ready for 

 sale. All of the species are very interesting, and deserve a place 

 in every good collection of plants. We hope the notice of this 

 species will make the whole of them better known. The tubers 

 are eatable, and, when boiled, surpass the potato in flavor, though 

 they are rather watery. The drawing was made in August, 1837. 

 {Pax. Mag. Bot., April.) 



PassiJlordcecB. 



PASS [FLORA 

 ony china Lindl. Lieut. Sullivan's Passion-flower. A stnve climber; growinsten or fifteen 

 feet high; with bhie Howers; appearing in October and November: a native of Rio Janeiro; 

 introduced in 182~; grows in a rich sandy loam; increased by cuttings. Bot. Reg. n. s. 21. 



A new and extremely beautiful species, with tri-lobed foliage 

 and small deep blue flowers. It is distinguished, principally, from 

 the other species, by its long, round and slender branches, thin 

 leaves and peculiar odor. It is however of luxuriant growth, 

 and flowers in succession for a period of two months or more. 

 The drawing was made from a specimen cut from a plant stand- 

 ing in the border of the stove, where it had been growing for 

 twelve months without showing bloom. But in the following 

 spring, the gardener pruned it severely, when it shot forth with 

 redoubled vigor. The specimen was communicated by Miss 

 Trail, of Bromley, Kent, last fall, but it was designated, in the 

 miscellaneous notices of the Botanical Register, as a new spe- 

 cies under the name above cited. Dr. Lindley supposing it then 

 to have been introduced for the first time ; upon looking over 

 his papers, he found a description and a drawing of the same 

 species, furnished Mr. W. B. Booth, under the name of P. Sul- 

 livani, some years ago. But the specific name of onychina, in 

 allusion to the beautiful blue color of the flowers, having already 

 been recorded, it was too late to remedy the error. The seeds 

 were presented to Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., by Mr. Sullivan, 

 who procured them from the Botanic Garden at Rio Janeiro, in 

 1827. The plant seems to delight in rambling about, and its 

 shoots, in such a state, have been profusely covered with blos- 

 soms; while pruned and trained carefully, not a bud showed it- 

 self upon the branches. It grows well in sandy loam. (Bot. 

 Reg., April.) 



Dicotyledonous, Monopetalous, Plants. 



Gesnerdcex. 



GESNE'RjJ 



rup^stris Paz?. Rock Oesnera. A stove plant; growing four inches hiph; with scarlet flow- 

 ers; appearing in August; cultivated in rich soil; increased by cuttings. Pax. Mag. Bot. 

 Vol. V, p. 53. 



A very small but exceedingly brilliant species. Simple and 

 neat in its habit, displaying its scarlet blossoms in great profusion, 

 and remaining in perfection for a great length of time, it is thus 



