of New Plants. 183 



the various greenhouses of the country, and also in Eng- 

 land and Europe. Specimens of diflerent woods have been 

 preserved, the most interesting of which are those of large 

 arborescent species of O'xalis, Fiola, Ripogonum, Piper, 

 (Geranium, Argyroxiphium, Dracocephalum, i^ubus, Brome- 

 \ia, Lobel/«, and Compositse of various kinds, besides sec- 

 tions of the tree ferns and palms of the tropics. There 

 are colored drawings of one hundred and eighty species of 

 plants, beautifully executed. (Silliman's Journal iox April, 

 1843.) 



Myi'iacecB. 



HYPOCALY'MMA. (From hypo, under, and kahjmma, a veil, in allusion to the Ijracts that 

 veil the calyx from below.) 

 robustum JEdrfZ. Larger peach BIyrtle. A greenhouse shrub ; growing two feet high; with 

 red flowers ; appearing in spring ; "a native of New Holland ; introduced in 1841 ; increased 

 by cuttings; grown in loam, heath mould and sand. Bot. Reg., t. 8, 1843. 



"One of the beautiful little myrtaceous plants peculiar to 

 the south-west of New Holland, which might be easily 

 mistaken for small almond or peach bushes, so much are 

 the flowers like them." The leaves are linear-lanceolate, 

 and the flowers appear in axillary clusters, forming dense 

 spikes over the wiiole plant. It was raised from seeds by 

 Messrs. Lucombe, Pince and Co. of Exeter. The plants 

 grow freely in loam and heath mould, with a small portion 

 of sand, and the pots should have a free drainage, to carry 

 off all superfluous water. In sunniier, it should be liberally 

 watered, and when in the greenhouse, placed in an airy 

 situation. {BoL Reg.. Feb.) 



PapiliondcecE. 



HOWE./? 



racpmulosa Bentli. Spike-Ielted Hovea, A greenhouse plant ; growing two feet high ; 

 with pale purple flowers ; .-ippearing in spring ; a native of New Holland; increased by cut- 

 tings ; grown in loniii and heath soil. Bot. Reg., t. 4, 1843. 



A new and pretty species of the H6ve«, not so handsome 

 as the pilngens or Cels?", but by " no means unattractive 

 when well contrasted with plants whose colors are not 

 bright enough to kill it" The leaves are oblong-linear and 

 tomentose beneath; the flowers appear in axillary race- 

 mes, and clothe the stems for several inches in length. It 

 is a fine greenhouse plant, and easy of cultivation. It first 

 flowered in the garden of R. Mangles, Esq. {Bol. Reg. Jan.) 



VortulacecB. 



TAL!'NUM Adanson 



teretilolium Pursk Slonder-Ieaved Talinum. A hardy herbaceous plant ; growing a foot 

 high; with crimson flowers ; appearing in summer; a native of North America; increased 

 by seeds. Bot. Reg., t. 1, 1843. 



A rather interesting herbaceous plant, found in various 



