HORTUS VEITCHII 



It remained unknown in cultivation till raised from Lobb's seed ; 

 first flowered in 1853, and exhibited at a meeting of the Horticultural 

 Society held at Chiswick. 



GOMPHBENA PULCHELLA, Mart. 



Bot. Mag. t. 4064. 



Raised from seed imported from Monte Video, and flowered for the first 

 time in July 1844. 



The flowers, in dense heads, rose-purple in colour, are not unlike the 

 common Globe Everlasting, the bracts highly coloured. 



HELONIOPSIS JAPONICA, Maxim. 



Bot. Mag. t. 6986. 



This interesting liliaceous plant, first flowered in the spring of 1881, 

 was long known to botanists prior to introduction from Japan by Maries ; 

 it is widely spread in the mountains, and has been detected in Corea. In 

 general habit a Scilla, the leaves persistent, but not fleshy in texture. 



HEMIBCEA HENEYI, C. B. Clarice. 



Hooker's Ic. PI. t. 1798. 



A hardy herbaceous perennial Gesnerad, a family poorly represented 

 amongst hardy garden plants, first discovered by Dr. Henry at Ichang, 

 and subsequently introduced. 



It forms a plant about 1 ft. high with dark green shiny leaves and 

 white waxy-looking tubular flowers, yellow in the throat. A decoction of 

 the root in alcohol is said to be efficacious in cases of snake-bite. 



INCARVILLEA VABIABILIS, Batalin, var. LATIFOLIA, Batalin. 



A form of the type with much-divided leaves and lax panicles of small 

 tubular rose-pink flowers ; a herbaceous perennial not perfectly hardy, 

 from Western China, common in gorges at elevations of 3,000-4,500 ft. 



LINUM MACRJEI, Benth. 



Syria. L. Chamissonis, Hort. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5474; Fl. Mag. t. 214. 



This species, a half-hardy perennial, has in abundance heads of orange- 

 yellow flowers, detected and introduced through Pearce from Lota in 

 1860 : first flowered in 1864, and exhibited at a meeting of the Royal 

 Horticultural Society under the name of Linum Chamissonis. 



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