figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 373 



has, so far, been treated as a green-house plant, though it may- 

 prove hardy in Britain, in the following manner: — 



" It may be cultivated with the greatest ease, by being planted 

 or potted in a loamy soil. If kept in a pot, it should be water- 

 ed with great caution after the leaves have withered, till they [the 

 plants] recommence growing, when it must have a more liberal 

 supply." Increased by seeds and division of the root. [Pax. 

 Mag'. Bot., July.) 



DiCOTrLEDONOUS, MoNOPETALOUS, PlANTS. 



EricdceoE. 



ENKfA'NTHUS 

 reticiilatus /'aJ•^ Netted-Zeai-frf Enkianthus. A ereen-house shrub; growing six feet high; 

 with pale pink or flesh-cnlcired flowers; appearing in January ami February; a native of 

 China; increased by cuttings; grown in peat, loam, and sand. Pax. Mag. Hot., Vol. V., 

 l'. 127. 



One of the most exquisite green-house plants in cultivation. 

 It is much like the E. quinquefldrus in its flowers; there being 

 but a slight difference in the shape and color. It differs, howev- 

 er, very visibly in many material points; and perhaps in no par- 

 ticular is the difference more conspicuous, than in the size and 

 shape of the leaves. Botanists have confounded the two species. 

 The specimen from which the drawing was taken, flowered in the 

 collection of Luconibe, Pince & Co., who received it from some 

 source, (unknown,) as a variety of the original species. It is 

 an old inhabitant of I'.nglish gardens, though it is still uncom- 

 mon in collections. It succeeds best when planted out in the 

 border of a green-house or conservatory, in a compost of heath 

 mould and loam, mixed with a due proportion of sand, and 

 placed in an airy part of the house. It appears to be difficult 

 of propagation, and hence its scarceness. We have noticed a 

 fine plant of E. quinqueflorus, which has flowered several seasons 

 in Col. Perkins's collection. We should like to see it in every 

 green-house. (Pax. Mag. Bot.., July.) 

 ScrophularidcecE. 



JVE.ME'SIA Bcnth. (From vtunaii. division, in allusion to the lobes of the upper lip of co- 

 rolla.) 

 floribiinda Lindl. Miiny-flurDercd Nemesia. An annual plant; gro\\ ing a foot high; with pink 

 and white blossoms; appearing from June to August; a native of Cape Town. Increased 

 bv Seeds. P.ot. Rec, N. s. :i9. 

 Syn. N. floriliunda Lckm. X. utiinis Benth. 



A little upright annual, with numerous flowers on slender ter- 

 minal branches; leaves opposite and ovate. It may be compared 

 in beauty to some of the antirrhimums, and more remarkable for 

 its delicacy and gracefulness, than its brilliancy. Easily raised 

 from seeds. [Bot. Reg., July.) 



Lamidcea^, or Labidtecc. 



SA'LVIA 

 caiiesc^'ns /?ra(A. Hoary sage. A hardy perennial plant; growing from one to two feet 

 hi{.'h; with deep purple (lowers; appearinc in July; a native of Caucastus; increased by di- 

 vision of the root anil by seeds. Hot. lleg., n. s, 36. 



This is a showy species of salvia, and from its hardiness will 



