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RjNUNC ULA^CE^. 



1599. DELPHI'NIUM 14154 intermedium var. sapphirinum Lindl. sapphire-blue intermediate. 



A variety, interesting from the intense blue of its flowers, 

 which, in consequence of a light violet stain on the back and in 

 the middle of each sepal, have somewhat the appearance of shot 

 silk. " All plants of this description," says Dr. Lindley, " are 

 seen to the greatest advantage on the skirts of shrubberies, or on 

 banks where it is required to produce a wild and rough effect. 

 If it can be so contrived, that their flowers are shaded during 

 the day, and brightly illuminated by the setting sun, or that they 

 are placed so as to droop over streams of water, where the fresh- 

 ness and moisture of the air prevent their rapid fading, a bril- 

 liancy of colour is afforded by masses of them, which we shall in 

 vain attempt to procure in any other way." Dr. Lindley con- 

 cludes by remarking, respecting the identity of some supposed 

 species of Delphinium, that Professor Koch says that he has 

 raised D. alpinum of W. and Kit., D. montanum, palmatifidum, 

 and hybridum of De Candolle, D. cuneatum of Steven, D. ur- 

 ceolatum of Jacquin, D. dxxamnum of Host, and innumerable 

 others, from the seeds of one and the same species. [Bot. Beg., 

 Oct.) 



yiolacecB. 

 701. rroLA 



palmaensis .Bo/. Garrf. Palma jk | or li my P S.Europe 1836 C p.l Bot. gard. no. 663. 



A native of the south of Europe, quite shrubby in its habits, 

 and bearing pale purple flowers. {Bot. Gard., Oct.) 



^lalvacea. 



LavdtersL maritima Gou. Reintroduced by Mrs. Marryat, 

 having long been lost. " Although called a lavatera, it is, in 

 fact, a malva." {B. M. R., Oct., No. 140.) 



Galiacea. 



S56. CRUCIANE'LLA 



•stylosa Trill, long-styled ^ or 1^ jn.au P Persia ? 1836 D co Bot. reg. 2d s. 55. 



" A beautiful little herbaceous hardy plant, well adapted for 

 growing in beds, so as to form a mass of colour. Thus treated, 

 its numerous heads of bright pink flowers are extremely orna- 

 mental. It flowers during the months of June, July, and Au- 

 gust, growing about 1 ft. 6 in. high in any good garden soil. It 

 was found by the Russians upon rocks, among the mountains of 

 the province of Ghilan, in Persia." {Bot. Beg., Oct.) It seems 



