173 FloricuUural and Botanical J^otices 



ends of long slender stalks, and are of the richest scarlet and 

 yellow, variegated with crimson spots. It is, in truth, one of 

 the finest gesneras which has ever been introduced, and well 

 worthy a place in every select collection of plants. 



According to INIr. Paxlon, who first gave a figure of it, in 

 the Magazine of Botany, it was introduced by Messrs. Low 

 & Co. from the Botanic Garden at Ghent, and is probably a 

 native of the hotter parts of South America, though its pre- 

 cise locality is unknown. It requires the heat of the hot- 

 house, where it produces a succession of flowers for many 

 months in summer and autumn: it is easily increased from cut- 

 tings, and the plants thrive in any rich free soil. During win- 

 ter it should be kept in a warm dry place, and when signs of 

 growth re-appear it should have a liberal supply of moisture. 

 {Bot. Reg., March.) 



Yerbendcece. 



CLERODE'NURON 

 splendens O.Don. Scarlet Glory tree. A hot-house climber; growing ten feet high; 

 with scarlet tiowers; appearing in February and March; a native oi' Sierra Leone; 

 increased from cuttings. Bot. Kt'g., 184'i, t. 7. 



Of the many new and beautiful climbing stove plants which 

 have lately been introduced, this, says Dr. Lindley, is "one 

 of the handsomest in the country." The foliage is oblong, 

 undulate, of a deep rich green, and the flowers, which appear 

 in large terminal corymbs, are of the most brilliant scarlet, 

 full as rich as the JSuphorbia splendens, disputing the palm 

 even with the superb Combretum purpureum. The plant 

 flowered at Mr. Knight's, King's Road, where it had been 

 sent by Mr. Whitfield, a zealous collector, who states that he 

 found it in his rambles in Sierra Leone, together with plants 

 of four other colors, viz., crimson, brick-dust red, orange, 

 and bicolor; all these were sent to the Duke of Bedford, 

 twelve months previous to that sent Mr. Knight, but they had 

 not flowered. In a shady situation, the plant attains the 

 height of ten or twelve feet, but if exposed to the full sun, 

 seldom more than three or four. Very little is yet known of 

 its habits; it requires a warm moist atmosphere when in a 

 growing state, at least three or four months' rest in a dry at- 

 mosphere, and a free rich soil. It is probably increased by 

 cuttings. {Bot. Reg., Feb.) 

 Boragin'idcea. 



CYNOGLO'SSUM 

 anchiis' ides Limit. Bugloss-flowered Hound's Tongue. A hardy perennial; growing 

 two feet high; with blue flowers; appearing in July and August; a native of East In- 

 diaj increased by seeds. Bot. Reg., 1843, t. 14. 



