figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines, 143 



vorite daisy of England were indigenous to America. Mr. Nuttall 

 did, however, discover it in his last visit to Arkansas, growing upon the 

 prairies. Dr. Short has also found it abundant in Kentucky ; and 

 latterly, Mr. Drummond gathered it both at Rio Brazos and San Fe- 

 lipe de Austin, in the Texas, and sent to England seeds, and nu- 

 merous specimens, from which plants have been raised, which flow- 

 ered the last season in the Glasgow botanic garden. It is an in- 

 teresting little plant, and, we hope, will be speedily introduced to 

 our gardens. There are many associations connected with the 

 name of this flower ; and we should feel more attached to this, a 

 native of our own clime, than to the one which is known in every 

 garden, large or small, and as generally esteemed. The flowers 

 are what is commonly termed single, the number of the petals of 

 the ray fourteen to twenty, of a delicate white, tinged with purple. 

 Peduncles terminal, and single-flowered. According to Michaux, 

 an inhabitant of shady hills and banks of rivers in Tennessee. (^Bot. 

 Mag., Dec.) 



CALLIOTSIS. 



A variety of Calliopsis bicolor (Coreopsis tinctoria Nut.), called 

 atrosanguinea is figured in Paxton's Magazine of Botany for De- 

 cember. It resembles its parent, with the exception of the dark 

 color, which reaches nearly to the edge of the petals. Nothing is 

 known of its introduction ; the seeds were received from Mr. 

 Knight, of the King's Road, under the name of C. sanguinea. 

 In Sweet's Brit. Flow. Garden, for the same month, is figured C. 

 Drummondw, which, we presume, must be the same thing. It is 

 named in honor of its " indefatigable discoverer." The figure in 

 the latter, is " from plants which blossomed in Dr. Neill's collec- 

 tion," Canon-mills, near Edinburgh. 



CiwcAonaceas. 



RONDELETM. 



A beautiful species of this fine genus, named speciosa, is figur- 

 ed in Paxton's Magazine of Botany for December. It was figured 

 in the Botanical Cabinet, of the Messrs. Loddiges, two or three 

 years since. They received it from Havana, in 1830, where it is 

 native. It requires the heat of the stove. The flowers are of a 

 deep rose color, and appear in corymbs, something like Ixora coc- 

 cinea. Extremely desirable for the stove. 



Hydrophyllacea. 



PHACELIA 



congesta /fooA", Cluster-flowered Phacelia. An annual plant ; growing a footer more in height; 

 with ornamental flowers ; appearing in June ; color purplish-blue ; a native of the Texas; 

 cultivated by seeds. Bot. Mag., 3452. 



This is called a " beautiful species," (Dr. HooJcer.) It was 

 received at the Glasgow botanic garden, among the " many inter- 

 esting plants," last sent home by the late Mr. Drummond, having 

 been collected by him in that " interesting country," the Texas. 



