of Neio Plants. 305 



Loasacea. 



SCYPHA'NTHUS. 



elegans Eie«;ant Scyphanthus. A hardy annual; running four feet high; with yellow 

 flowers ; appearing all summer; a native of Chili ; increased by seeds ; grown in common 

 soil. Past. Mag. of Bot. Vol. X. p. 3. 



Synonyms. Loisa voliibilis, Gramatociirpus volubilis. 



This plant was first imported from Chili in 1S29, but 

 was afterwards lost, and has recently again been intro- 

 dnced from the same place. It is a neat and pretty low 

 running annnal, well adapted for training to trellises in 

 pots, and ornamenting the greenhouse or open garden in 

 summer. The foliage is pinnatified, and the flowers are 

 " large, copious, and of a lively yellow tint." It should be 

 treated as an annual — that is, sow the seeds in frames and 

 transplant to pots or the open air in May. The plants do 

 best trained spirally around six stakes, about four feet 

 high. (Pax. Mag. Bot. Feb.) 



Melastomdeccc. 



MEDINI'LLA Pazl. 



erythropliyllH. Paz*. Reddisli-Ieaved Medinilla. A greenhouse shrub; growing three or 

 four feet high ; with deep pinli flowers; appearing in June and July; a native of the East 

 Indies ; increased by cuttings ; grown in turfy mould and heath soil. Pax. Mag. Bot. Vol. 

 X. p. 79. 



" A free-growing, handsome shrub," introduced from the 

 East Indies, where it was found by the Duke of Devon- 

 shire's collector, Mr. Gibson, on tlie Himalayan Moun- 

 tains." The flowers " appear in clusters on the lower and 

 naked portions of the stem or branches, and are not much 

 unlike that of a peach, but less spreading or cup-shaped ;" 

 the stamens are of a deep rich purple. The treatment of 

 the plant is easy. Cuttings root readily in loam and sand, 

 under a hand glass. In the summer season it requires an 

 abundance of water. (Pax. Mag. Bot. May.) 



Legiiminosm. 



HO^VEjJ. 



piingena var. mijor. Large pointed-leaved Hovea. A greenhouse plant ; growing one 

 foot high ; with blue and purple flowers ; appearing in May and June. A native of Swan 

 River; increased by cuttings; grown in ioam, heath-mould and sand. Pax. Mag. Bot. Vol. 

 X. p.51. 



We are not aware that scarcely a single species of Hovea 

 is cultivated to any degree of perfection in this country. 

 No plants are more ornamental in the greenhouse, and if 

 once seen, we are sure they would always be greatly sought 

 after. H. Cels/i and pungens are two of the finest kinds. 

 The present subject is a large variety of the latter, and is 

 a " particularly handsome object when in flower, and 

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