474' Floricultural and Botanical Notices, 



Hardenbdrg/a is the name proposed by Mr. Bentham to be 

 given to a group of six species of climbers, which he has sepa- 

 rated from the old genus Kennedy^. These six species are 

 " all found in extra-tropical Australia : all of them are very 

 much alike in the general appearance and colour of their 

 flowers ; and all are highly ornamental, from the great profusion 

 of their flowers when under proper treatment. Next to the 

 zichyas, they form the handsomest of the groups of which the 

 old Kennedya consisted, and which are still known under that 

 name in our gardens." The flowers are small, of a bluish pink, 

 very numerous, and disposed on many-flowered racemes. The 

 plant is named in honour of Frances Countess Hardenberg, 

 sister of Baron Charles Von Hiigel of Vienna ; " a lady most 

 zealous in the promotion of botany and horticulture." {^Botanist, 

 Sept.) 



Melastomdcece. 



ARTHROSTE'MMA versicolor Dec. Prod., 3. p. 137., Bot. Mag., t. 3678. 

 Synonyme : Rhexia versicolor Lindl. in Bot. Reg., 1. 1066. 



Crassulacede. 



+ Echevena. seciinda Booth in Litt. " Plants of this curious suc- 

 culent were received by Sir Charles Lemon, Bart, M.P., in 

 1837, and again, in 1838, from Mr. John Rule, superintendent of 

 the Real del Monte mines, in Mexico, of which country it is 

 believed to be a native." {B. M. B., Sept., No. 112.) 



+ Seduni miserum Lindl. " An inconspicuous annual, raised 

 from Mexican seeds, imported by G. F. Dickson, Esq. It grows 

 about 9 in. high, or rather long, for it falls prostrate if not sup- 

 ported : its flowers are green, and almost hidden among the 

 fleshy leafy sepals. It multiplies itself by seeds, and by frag- 

 ments of its brittle branches, which drop off* the parent, and 

 strike root into the ground." [b. M. R, Sept., No. 122.) 



C?«2oniaceae. 



1207. WEINMA'NN/^ L. [2. p. 81. 



*vent)sa Knowl. S( West, veined * i | or 6 my.jn R N. Holland 1836 C s.p.l Flor. cab. 



This very distinct and handsome species was raised from 

 seeds collected in New Holland, and sent to the Birmingham 

 Botanic Garden in 1836. "It is a plant of slow growth, and 

 of a rigid habit. It possesses a pleasing and singular appear- 

 ance ; having its dense spike of flowers crowned with purple 

 leaves, its stem red, and its leaves strongly varied with red." It 

 requires the protection of the green-house during winter, and 

 may be propagated by cuttings ; though, " from its very slow 

 growth and peculiar habit, that mode of propagation must be 

 very tardy ; and, if it should not perfect seeds, it will, of necessity, 

 be a scarce plant in collections." {Flor. Cab., Aug.) 



Comp6sil(E. 



Chrysanthemum indicum var. immilum. This variety, which is 

 figured in Maund's Botanic Garden, No. 656., grows to the 



