4-56 Floricultural and Botanical Notices, 



green, bending downwards at both sides, scarcely 2-lobed." 

 {Bot. Reg., Sept.) 



In the Arboretum Britannicum, p. 1274-., a plant is stated to 

 have stood out, for several years, in the Epsom Nursery, in the 

 open garden ; from which it appears to be as hardy as Zvycium 

 europas^um. 



Scrophulariacece, 



1783. .VI'MULUS 



var. Harrison/^7i!/x Paxt. 



" Tills showy hybrid is the result of impregnation between 

 M. cardinalis and M. ;oseus, it having been obtained from seeds 

 of the latter, the flowers of which were impregnated with the 

 pollen of the former." Raised by Messrs. Low and Co. of the 

 Clapton Nursery ; and is, in all probability, quite hardy. {Pax. 

 Mag. of Bot., Sept.) This, and M. Hudson/, noticed p. 333., 

 will probably form two valuable additions to the flower-garden, 

 not only from the brilliancy of their colours ; but because, by a 

 little judicious cutting and watering the root in dry weather, 

 they may be kept in flower all the summer. All the mimuluses 

 will grow in any common soil, kept moist ; but a sandy loam 

 appears to suit them best. 



Lahidtcc. 



[1693. SCUTELLA^RIA 15290 alpina 



•sanguinea D. Don red ^ A o'' | jn.o R ... 1835 D p.l Swt, Br. fl.-gard. 399. 



" The plant is a hardy perennial, easily increased by division. 

 Like the other varieties of alpina, it continues in flower for a 

 considerable time; and, from the size of its blossoms, and its 

 dwarf habit, it is equally entitled with them to a place in the 

 rockwork, or front of the flower border." There are plants in 

 the Birmingham Botanic Garden. Stems procumbent, 3 in. to 

 5 in. long. Leaves ovate-oblong, crenated, A in. long. Flowers 

 with large bracteas ; the calyx and the bracteas both purple co- 

 loured. On the whole, this appears a most valuable addition to 

 the flower-garden. The English name, skullcap, given to this 

 genus, is a translation of the Latin word Cassida, the name ap- 

 plied to it by Tournefort. [Swt. Br. Fl.-Gard., Sept.) 



PrimnldcecE. 



451. PRI'MULA 



•venusta Host neat £ A or ? ap.my P Hungary 1833 D s.l Bot. reg. 1983. 

 Synonyme : P. Fieferi Hoppe. 



Brought from the Botanic Garden, Vienna, by the Hon. W. 

 F. Strangways. It is distinguished from P. auricula by its 

 smooth toothletted leaves, long-tubed calyx, and purple flowers. 

 It is a native of the hilly parts of Hungary, and the crevices of 

 rocks at Krain, near Idria. {Bot. Meg., Aug.) 



Orchiddce<:e. 



255i. EPTDE'NDRUM [D p.r.w Bot. mag. 3595. 



•coriaceum Parker MSS. coriaceous-leaved j^ [Z3 or I ... Gsli spotted with P Demerara ... 



This plant was sent from Demerara, some years ago, by C. 

 Parker, Esq., to the Liverpool Botanic Garden. It was at first 



