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flowers ; it would dispute the palm with the most brilliant 

 plant our gardens possess, and so easily produced, merely by 

 the sowing of a few seeds, we can scarcely account for the 

 neglect it has received from those who have visited that 

 country. It was originally found by the United States Ex- 

 ploring Expedition, but no seeds were sent home, or, if sent, 

 were lost. 



The present species was found by Mr. Wm. Lobb, who 

 sent it to Messrs. Veitch, of the Exeter Nurseries, England, 

 where it flowered, as well as at Kew, in great profusion last 

 August. It is an annual species, "equalling or surpassing 

 any other in the size and symmetry of the plant, and excelling 

 in the brilliancy of color of the flower, and that a rich scarlet 

 as can be looked upon." We trust the seeds may be speedily 

 received from the English cultivators. (Bot. Mag., Dec.) 



311. Ampui'come Emo^di Lindl. Emodian Amphicome. 



(Bignoniaceas.) Northern India. 



A perennial plant; growing two feet high; with pink flowers; appearing in autumn; increased 

 by division of the root; grown in leaf mould, peat and loam. But. Mag., 1855, pi. 4byO. 



A beautiful half-hardy or frame plant, from the Erpodian 

 mountains in India, raised from seeds received at Kew in 

 1854. The root is perennial, throwing up annual stems, 

 which are terminated with corymbs of large, campanulate, 

 orange and pink flowers, not unlike, in general appearance, 

 a Cantua. It is a beautiful and desirable plant. (Bot. 

 Mag., Dec.) 



313. ^schyna'nthus fu'lgens Wall. Flame-Colored 

 ^scHYNANTHus. (Cyrtandaccse. ) India. 



A stove plant; growing one foot high; with scarlet flowers ; appearing in spring; increased by 

 cuttings; grown in leaf mould, peat and sand. Bot. Mag. 1856, pi. 4891, 



A new and fine species of the ^schynanthus, most nearly 

 allied to the old grandiflora, but different in the arrangement 

 of the flowers. It is a brilliant species, and, like all the oth- 

 ers, admirable for cultivating in wire baskets suspended from 

 the roof of the hothouse. They all like a close, warm at- 

 mosphere to exhibit them in their real splendor. (Bot. 

 Mag., Jan.) 



