of New Plants. 335 



have been added the rich colors of F. globosa ; the fohage 

 is intermediate ; the flowers are very long, four inches, with 

 bright crimson scarlet sepals, and a dark purple corolla. 

 It is grown in the same manner as the other varieties, and 

 is increased by cuttings in the usual way. 



The English catalogues are now filled with great num- 

 bers of seedling sorts. Very few, however, are sufficiently 

 distinct to render them valuable ; the present subject is 

 large and fine, and will rank as one of the best yet pro- 

 duced. {Pax. Mag. Bot.^ August.) 



MelastomacecB. 



MARCE^TM (After Dr. Marcet, of Geneva, a chemist, and author of a curious paper con- 

 cerning the effects of poison upon plants.) De Cand. 

 excoriita De Cand. Loose-barked Marcctia. A stove plant; growing 1 foot high; with 

 white flowers; appearsng in summer; a native of South Ainorica ; increased by cuttings ; 

 grown in leaf-mould, loam and sand. Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 31. 



One of a group of " curious little malastomaceous plants, 

 having almost the habit of heaths." The present speci- 

 men has small oblong subsessile leaves, and the flowers, 

 which are white, slightly tinged with pink, appear in axil- 

 lary racemes at the termination of the branches. The 

 plants will flourish in a warm greenhouse, but do better in 

 a stove, where, if well managed, they form pretty objects. 

 Multiplied by cuttings, which do not root very readily, and 

 when potted ofl" to have a good drainage, and plenty of 

 water at the roots at all times. When done blooming, 

 the branches should be cut back, to form compact and neat 

 plants. {Bot. Reg.., June.) 



Legnminbsece. 



OXYLOBIUM 



obovitum Bcnth. Wedge-leaved Oxylobium. A greenhouse plant ; growing 2 feet high ; 

 with yellow and oranse flowers; a native of Australia; increased by cuttings ; Town in 

 sandy loam and peat. Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 31. ° 



Synonym : O. cuneitum Benlh. 



A pretty greenhouse plant, with dense axillary racemes 

 of deep orange and yellow pea-flowers, which remain in 

 beauty for some time. The leaves are obovate, cuneate 

 and truncate. It is a native of Australia. The plants do 

 best if cultivated in rather poor soil, composed of very 

 sandy loam and peat, and in winter kept in a cold pit or 

 greenhouse. The pots should be well drained, and the 

 plant watered freely. In Summer it should be placed in a 

 pit, and not be exposed to storms of rain and wind. {Bot. 

 Reg., July.) 



