supplemejitary to the T.ncyc. of Plants and Hort- Brit. 479 



after a time, displaced by other favourites, and sink into ap- 

 parent oblivion, till, on a sudden, they are again elevated to 

 their former position, are invested with their previous, or even 

 additional, charms, and carry away the minds of men willing and 

 enthusiastic captives to their attractive influence. The primary 

 notice, and subsequent neglect, of £"chium giganteum, as well 

 as many of its allies, prove that it has passed through two of the 

 changes above delineated : but, with regrard to the reaction of 

 public opinion in its favour, we are not aware that any such cir- 

 cumstance has transpired." (Paxfon's Mag. Bot.^ Aug., 1838, 

 p. 149.) This splendid plant, a native of the Canary Islands, 

 has been in our green-houses since 1779- It is so hardy, that it 

 may be kept through the winter in a cold-pit ; and, in many parts 

 of Devonshire and Cornwall, it might be treated as a border 

 shrub. If half the attention were bestowed on its culture that 

 is given to some of the new plants, it would make a splendid 

 show at our exhibitions, and richly deserve a handsome prize. 



+ Cy}iogI6ssu?n grayidijlbnan Benth. in Royle's Illust., p. 305. 

 "A beautiful herbaceous plant, first found by Dr. Royle in Cash- 

 mere." It grows nearly 3 ft. high, with a strong, branching, 

 erect, purple-coloured stem, and racemes of flowers, the corolla 

 of which is of a bright blue, bordered with white. {B. M. i?., 

 Sept., No. 127.) 



Solanacece. 



+ jN7co^iana rotitndifblia Lindl. This is a hardy annual, with 

 white flowers, which give out rather a pleasant perfume in the 

 evening. It is a native of Swan River. {B. M. i?., Sept., 

 No. 110.) 



591. SOLA'KUM 



*campanulktum ^roK-n bell-flowered ^ lAJ or 3 jn B N. S. W. ?lS3o C co Bot mag. 3572. 



A very beautiful herbaceous species of 5olanum, with pale 

 blue flowers, and very spiry leaves and stems. It was discovered 

 by Dr. Brown, at Port Jackson, and was described by him in 

 his Prodro7n?is, p. 446. It flowered in "the green-house of the 

 Edinburgh Botanic Garden in July, 1837." {Bot. Mag., Aug.) 



Sctopli ulariacecE. 



+ CoUinsla heteropliylla. This new species has lately been 

 raised in the Caledonian Horticultural Society's Garden by the 

 superintendent, Mr. James M'Xab, who has received instruc- 

 tions to make a drawing for publication. (£rf. Advert.., July 17.) 



L,ahidtcE. 



3380. Physostegia imbricdta Paxt. Mag. of Bot., p. 173. The 

 ^^gure given here differs materially fi'om that of the same plant 

 triven in the Bot. Mag., t. 3386. 



V erbenacecE. 



15687. CLERODE VDROy 



fragrana Ten. fragrant *0 or fi au Pk China 17?* C s.l Bot reg. n.». 41. 



