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be difficult to designate to which group they belong. Achim- 

 enes chiiita is the type of Scheena ; A. gloxinas flora, of Plec- 

 topoma ; A. Decaisnesfdna, of Isoloma ; and A. gigantea, of 

 Tydasa. 



The new sorts are Mandirola lanata and Roelzw, Tydsea 

 elegans and WarsewiczeV, and Trevirana Ambrose VerschafTelt, 

 Edmond Boissiere, Doctor Hopf, Edoiiard Otto, Hendersoni, 

 C. Bouche, and Christian Deegen. 



300. Eremu^rus specta'bilis Biel. Showy Eremurus. 



(Asphodelea3.) Siberia. 



A hnrdy herbaceous i)lant; growing two feet high; with yellowish flowers; appearin? in Juiie; 

 increased by division of the root; grown in rich light soil. Bot. Mag., 1855, pi. 4b7i). 



" A really handsome, hardy, asphodelaceoiis plant," from 

 Altaic Siberia. The leaves are all radical, six inches to a 

 foot long, and one to two inches wide, glaucous green, some- 

 what channelled. From its thick, fleshy root the scapes or 

 flowering stems are thrown up from two to four feet long, 

 terminated with a very dense raceme of erect, yellowish 

 flowers, heightened by a profusion of bright, orange-colored 

 anthers. As there is little doubt of its hardiness in our cli- 

 mate, coming as it does from Siberia, it will be a most valua- 

 ble addition to our gardens. [Bot. Mag., Oct.) 



301. Achi'menes HETERo'pHYLLA Z>e Cajic?. Various-leaved 



AcHiMENEs. (Gesneraceas.) Mexico. 



A stove plant; growing two feet hish; with scarlet flowers; appearing in summer; increased 

 by tubers; grown in light peaty soil. Bot. Mag. 1855, pi. 4671, 



A new and pretty species, known in some European col- 

 lections as the A. GhiesbrechtzV, and most nearly allied to 

 ignescens, its principal difference being the inequality in the 

 size of the leaves. The flowers are tubular, and of a deep 

 scarlet. {Bot. Mag., Oct.) 



302. Helia'nthemum tubera^ria Mill. Die. Truffle 



Rock Rose. (Cistaceae.) Italy. 



A greenhouse plant ; growing one foot high; with yellow flowers; appearing in summer; in- 

 creased by cuttings ; grown in light rich soil Bot. Mag., 1855, pi. 4873. 



" The largest flowered of all the species of Helianthemum, 

 resembling, in its blossoms, a yellow rose." Few of this 



