62 J^'otices of new and bemitiful Plants 



jfiower, and some other peculiarities, if we remember cor- 

 rectly, to I. insigriis, noticed in Vol. I, pp. 350, 384. The 

 leaves are trilobed cordate-siibrotund ; peduncles many, in 

 aggregate clusters ; corolla subcampanulate. " The flowers 

 open in the morning." It is stated to be "not uncom- 

 mon" in collections, under the name Aitoni. Native country 

 unknown. Increased freely by seeds. {Bot. Reg., Oct.) 



CC. Folemonidceoi. 



PHLO'X (from Jlame, on account of the brilliancy of the blossoms in some of the species). 

 Dramm6t)(in Hooker Mr. Dnimmond's Phlox. An annual Plant; crowing from one to two 

 feet high; color of the flowers brilliant red or purple; appearing in September; a native of 

 the Texas; introduced in 1835; propagated by seeds. Bot. Mag., t. 3441. 



This is stated to be annual, only, in its duration, — a pecid- 

 iarity in the genus Phlox, as nearly or quite all the species 

 are perennial. It is very splendid. The seeds were sent 

 to England in the spring of 1835, by Mr. Drummond, 

 whose death was noticed in I, p. 466, who discovered it in 

 that fertile country, the Texas. The plants " blossomed 

 most copiously, and with equal profusion and brilliancy of 

 color, whether in the green-house or in the open border," 

 the same season. The flowers appear in terminal corymbs ; 

 the under side of the petals of a pale purple, and the upper 

 of several tints, from rosy red to deep red and purple, vary- 

 ing on diff*erent plants; the eye of a deep crimson. Dr. Hooker 

 has named it in honor of the lamented botanist, to whose 

 zeal and researches the botanical world are indebted for 

 this and numerous other choice and beautiful plants. {Bot. 

 Mag., Oct.) 



GVUA 



achiUecefulia Bentham Milfoil-leaved Gilia. An annual plant ; growing about a foot high ; 

 flowers blue; appearing all summer ; a native of California. Bot. Mag., t. 3440. 



This pretty species, which has flowered in this vicinity 

 the past season, and which has been frequently noticed, was 

 discovered by Mr. Douglas, in North California. It resem- 

 bles G. capitdta, but the flowers are larger and more con- 

 spicuous. {Bot. Mag., Oct.) 



CCVII. Primula ce(z. 



PRI'MULA. 



A seedling variety of the Chinese primrose. Primula prse^- 

 nitens var. purpurea fimbriuta, raised by Mr. Thomas Dun- 

 lap, gardener to Wm. G. Buckner, Esq., Bloomingdale, N. Y., 

 we have now in bloom at our garden. To Mr. Dunlap's 

 kindness, we are indebted for this fine plant. It is of much 

 stronger growth than the parent variety, the flowers more 

 numerous, and much larger, and each petal finely cut or 

 fringed in the manner of Camellia fimbriata. It is also a 

 very profuse flowerer. 



CCXI. Scrophularinece. 



JVn'MULUS. 



JIfimulus luteus var. varigatus is figured in the Botanical 



