372 Notices of netc and beautiful Plants 



Botanical Intelligence. — Dr. Gray, we have already stated, 

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 cure seeds, select such only as are possessed of much beauty, 

 rather than merely of botanical interest. Our readers may like- 

 wise, should he return in safety, have the pleasure of seeing an 

 interesting account of his journey. 



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DiCOTrLEDONOUS, PoLYPETALOU S, PLA^•TS. 



Ti.anunculdce(B. 



ZJELPHIMU.AI 

 i.itermelijin var. pjlnntiSdum. Lind'. A hardy perennial; growing five or six feet hiph; 

 with blue flowers; appi^aringin Jun.-anit July; increased by division of the root; grown iu 

 common soil; a native of Siberia. Lot. Keg., n. s, 38. 

 Eya: D. palm iti.idura D. C. i^yst. re?. 



"A very beautiful bee larkspur, with a rich branched inflo- 

 rescence, dark purple hairy stems, and rich blue flowers stained 

 with lilac internally, .... and is known by these characters, to- 

 gether with its lower petals being deeply divided into two narrow 

 lobes, the ends of which are terminated by loose straggling hairs, 

 while the disk is covered by a short tuft of short brown hairs." 



The peculiarities of the plant are not sufficient to distinguish 

 it specifically from the JJ. intermedium; like that, however, it is 

 a fine showy plant, deserving a place in every garden. Of the 

 easiest growth. (Bot. Reg., July.) 

 Berberit/dcecc. 



EPIME'DIUM 



violiceura Part, \ui\et-fiowered Barren W^ort. A ereen-house orframe perciinial; growing a 

 foot liiih; with purplish violet flowers; appearing in April and .May; a i.at vt; of Jap:'n; 

 increased by seeds and division of the root; grown in loamy soil. Pax. Mag. But., Vol. V., 

 p. 123. 



A graceful plant, with slender stems and extremely delicate 

 flowers. 'J'he epimediums are not very generally cultivated, but 

 the genus is known by the common E. alpinum. The present 

 subject, which is probably the handsomest, is a native of Japan, 

 from whence it was brought to the continent by Dr. Von Sie- 

 bold, and from thence imported into the English collections. It 



