of New Plants. 27 



and after expansion ; when fully blown it turns quite back 

 over the calyx so as to hide it completely. The second i^ing 

 is very small and thm ; it is in fact a narrow membrane 

 stationed at the foot of the first ring, and cut into an indefi- 

 nite number of fine narrow sharp-pointed segments ; this 

 ring was overlooked by De Beauvois. The third ring is 

 rich crimson, according to Mr. Whitfield, membraneous, but 

 erect, and assuming the form of a cup, whose edge is cut 

 into many fine segments, turned downwards so as not at all 

 to be conspicuous. The stamens are in number 20, standing 

 erect, in the form of another cup, of a rich apricot color, and 

 unequally united at the base : they have linear-lanceolate an- 

 thers, and are there turned inwards ; the anthers itself is 

 oblong 2-celled and erect. Next the stamens comes a dark 

 fleshy cup or dish, standing as high as the stigma, and hav- 

 ing ten sides, of which the narrowest are alternate with the 

 lobes of the stigma, and two ribbed in the inside. The ovary 

 is beneath the mass formed by the base of the corrolla. The 

 fruit is as large as a pomegranate, and very like one, con- 

 taining a mucilaginous pulp which is eatable. The seeds 

 are large amygdaloid bodies, kidney shaped and as much as 

 \\ inch long. 



The plant does not belong to any known natural order. 

 Dr. Robert Brown (1822) formed it with ^steranthus into 

 an order called Belvisiacese, but without attempting to settle 

 its position in the Natural System. (Bot. Reg.) 



A few Imported Plants of the Napoleonic have been sold 

 for 5 guineas each, and an opportunity will soon be offered to 

 figure the flower in some of the Journals, when we may 

 have occasion to notice it again. 



New Roses. — The varieties of Roses are increasing rapidly, 

 and of the perpetuals and Bourbons, to which the attention of 

 the Parisian rose fanciers seem to be at present more par- 

 ticularly turned, many very splendid new sorts have been 

 produced. Among these La Reine ranks one of the highest. 

 M. Laff'ay the originator of this variety has been highly suc- 

 cessful in the raising of seedlings, and besides several new 

 ones which he brings out this year for the first time, he has 

 an immense stock of young seedlings, to the number we 

 think of 6000. M. Souchet has also raised several which 



