figured in the London Flor. end Bot. Magazines. 61 



EDWA'RDS/^ 



chilensis Miers^ Trav. in Chili. SophCra macroc4rpa Smith Chilian Maya Tree. A line 

 hardy (?) tree ; flowers yellow; appearing in May; a native of Chili; introduced in 1822. 

 Bot. Reg., t. 1798. 



" A hardy handsome tree," with terminal racemes of fine 

 yellow papilionaceous blossoms. It was sent to the Messrs. 

 Loddiges, in whose collection it is supposed only to exist, by 

 Gen. Paroissien, as a species of Sophora. The flowers 

 appear in May in great profusion. It is undoubtedly a val- 

 uable addition. {Bot. Reg., Oct.) 



CXXIV. Tropczolecz. 



TROP^^OLUM. 



A variety called majus venustum is figured in Paxton's 

 Magazine of Botany for October. It was introduced from 

 Ghent last year [1834], "by Mr. Knight, King's Road, Chel- 

 sea." The flowers are rather small, of a fine orange yellow, 

 having a dash or irregular stripe of rich brown running 

 nearly to the edge. It is raised from seeds or cuttings, and 

 is a very desirable plant. 



Dicotyledonous, Monopetalous, Plants. 



CLXX. Y^ricacecR. 



iJHODODE'NDRON 



calenduliceum rar. fiilgidum Hooker Azalea calendiiUceum var. crAcreum Sims'' Bot. Mag., 

 t. 1721 ; var. fulgida Tab. nostr, I. 3439; orange red-Jlou'ered. A hardy shrub; flowers or- 

 ange red ; appearing in June ; supposed a hybrid. Bot. Mag., t. 3439. 



A splendid variety of the Azalea, which, it seems now 

 settled, nmst be united with TJhododendron. It is supposed 

 a hybrid production, between R. ponticum [Azalea ponti- 

 cum] and R. nudiflonuu var. coccineum [Azalea nudiflorum 

 var. coccineum]. The foliage is of a bright green tint, 

 which forms a rich back ground to the nvuTierous corymbs 

 of elegant orange-colored blossoms. " Cultivated in pots, 

 forced in the conservatory in the spring months, there are 

 few plants better calculated to enliven a collection." Dr. 

 Hooker states that it resembles the " copper-colored High- 

 clere Azalea" of Bot. Reg., t. 1366. {Bot. Mag., Oct.) 



CXCVII. Gentikness. 



CHIRO'N/^ (in honor of Chiron the Centaur, one of the earliest medical practitioners), 

 pediculdris Lindl. C. trin6rvis Linn. Long-stalked Chironia. A green-house shrub; flowers 

 purple; appearing from July to October; propagated by cuttings ; grows in dry soil. Bot. 

 Reg., t. 1803. 



" A pretty green-house shrub, covered with a succession 

 of flowers from July to October." The flowers appear on 

 long peduncles, generally three, at the end of a branch. It 

 thrives well in the open garden during summer, and may be 

 kept in any " indiflerent green-house." {Bot. Reg., Oct.) 



CXCIX. Convolvuldcece. 



IPOMjE'A 



Aitoni Lindl. Mr. Alton's Ipomsea. A perennial stove climber ; flowers violet-colored ; ap- 

 pearing from April to October; increased by seeds and cuttings. Bot. Reg., t. 1794. 



Similar, in the manner of inflorescence, the color of the 



