722 FloriatUural and Bo/onicol Notices, 



have prcsmiied the species to be liarily. The petioled, lanceolate, un- 

 equally serratccl, hairy leaves, which are 2 in. lonf^ and 10 lines broad, are 

 " irregularly sprinkled above with dull red s[)ots," and this is the property 

 cxj)ressed in the epithet crnentata. 

 CXXl. Pitlospdrece. 

 679. i'riT(ysponuM. 



anguslilWiuiii At', narrow-leaved tt I | cu 1 ? jn Y N.S.W. 1830. C I.p Bot. cab. 1859 



" This has lately been introduced from New South Wales. It is of a 



delicate habit, having a few slender straggling branches, and it flowers in 



June." (Jiui.C(i/).,'Oct.) 



CXXXII. Af(i/ts/icrbiaces£. 



.3472. MALKSHE'RB/.^. 

 2m)la ccToniita D.Don /nuj .crowned O or 2J jn.s B Chile 18.32. S It S\v.fl.gar.2.s.l67 



Of this interesting genus, six species, native to Peru and Chile, are 

 know n to botanists ; and two of them are aireaily in cultivation in Britain. 

 M. humilis is registered in our Additioxnl Sirpplcmcnt ,^. 593. M.coronata, 

 the second species, which, as well as M, humilis, and some other s|)ccies,is 

 annual, has been raised by Mr. Thomas Brown, of the liighgate Nursery, 

 from .seeds collected in Chile by Mr. Hugh Cuming; from whose rich 

 herbarium Mr. Don had previously described M. coronata ami three other 

 species. M. coronata has an upright, branched, pubescent stem, and 

 rather long, linear, narrow, toothed, pubescent leaves. From the axils of 

 the diminished leaves on the branches are produced the blossoms, and not 

 sparingly. These have a short green tube, on the top of which are seated 

 five green sj)reading calycine segments, and, alternate with them, five blue 

 petals; so that the ten segments together form a slightly starry blos.som, 

 green and blue in colour, orbicular in outline, ami ecjualling a penny-piece 

 in size. The plant flowered with Mr. Brown in September last : it requires 

 a light sandy soil, and is increased by seeds. (Sweet's Flowcr-Garden, 

 Nov.) 



The genus Malesherb/«, in natural affniit}-, is between the genera Passi- 

 flora and Turnerw ; and is in Monadelphia Pcntandria of the system of 

 Linnaeus. 



CXLVI. Galacinccc. Francos Aonchifolia is figured in Loddiges's 

 Bot(i)iical Cabinet for November, t. 1864: it has rosy petals, with a feathered 

 purple stripe down the centre of each. With Messrs. Lockliges " it grows 

 freely, with a stem 2 or 3 ft. high, flowering in July. It is a coarse-looking 

 plant in its herbage, but the flowers are numerous and beautiful. They 

 are likely to be followed by seeds, by which it will be readily nndtiplied. 

 The soil should be rich loam." This sj)ecies is already in our Additional 

 Siip])/c)itc'nl, but less |)erfectly than wc now give it : — 

 . f28870 ionchifi)lia Feu. Sow-tliistle-lvd £ A or 2i jl.au Ro.P Chile 1830. S r.l Bot cab. 18<i4 



DlCOTYLEDONOtS MoNOl'ETALOUS PLANTS. 



CLXXVII. Stylidicce. 



2581. STYLI'DIUM. 

 22824n liirsutuuW^/^r. hairy.fcfl;)i.-</ £ lAJ or } my.jn Ko KK.{!.'<iSil.lS3()? S s.p Bot. mag. 31!H 



This species has newly come into cultivation ; and its j)urplish rose- 

 coloured corollas, yellow in the throat, are larger than those of any species 

 in our gardens. Mr. M'Nab raised the plant figured iiom a seeil taken 

 oft" a native specimen, sent to him by the late Mr. Fra.ser. It blos.somed 

 in the green-house of the Edinburgh Botanic (jarden through May and 

 the early part of June. {Hot. Ma<i., Nov.) 



Stylidium^/nnceum is minutely described by Dr. (Jraliam, in the Edin- 

 bur^li New Fliil(>so})liical Juiinial for Oct. 1H32, p .304., whence we are 

 enabled to fill in the blanks which api)ear under this species in the Add. 

 Siipp., No. -^9:^77. 



