30 Floricultural and Botanical Notices 



among which are E. retorta major, RoUissonM, Bowied;?^. 

 Hartnellw, Ewerid?2a, depessa, Savileawa, Shannonia, eximia, 

 Aitonia, sangiimea, aristata major, ampullacea vittata, m- 

 termedia, dechnata, elegans, &c. Veronica speciosa, Ipo- 

 mse^a Learii, ^Iristolochia gigas, Achimenes hirsuta and 

 picta, Niphsea oblonga, Gloxinia variegata, magnifica, and 

 others, Gesnera zebrina, Passiflora fragrans, Corrasa Goodii, 

 and Cavendishw, Bignonia picta, Nematanthes longipes, 

 iEschynanthus grandiflorus, Crowea saligna nana, Trachy- 

 mene Unearis, several azaleas, rhododendrons, fuchsias. 

 Double white Primula, Phlox Van Houtteii, Princess Mari- 

 anne, and twenty others, (fcc, «fcc. 



Byttner\?i.cecid. 



ASTI'RA (from a privative, and sterios sterile, in allusion to the want of sterile stamens.) Lind. 

 r&sea Lind, Pink Astiria. A stove slirub, or tree : growing 20 feetlhigh; witli pink flowers ap - 

 pearing in Marcli ; a native of the Mauritius ; introduced in 1833. (Bot. Reg. 1844. t. 49. 



A handsome large shrub, with broad heart shaped leaves, 

 and close clusters of pink flowers, which render it a hand- 

 some plant. It was received by the Duke of Northumber- 

 land in 1833 from the Mauritius, and first flowered at Syon 

 house in March last, when the drawing was made. The 

 foliage is very large and fine, and in a stove collection is a 

 desirable plant. Nothing is said about its propagation or 

 growth. It probably strikes from cuttings. (^Bot. Reg. Sept. 



Lasiopetalem. 



CORETHROSTYLIS Endl. 



bractedta Kndl. Rosy Armed Corethrostylis. A greenhouse shrub; growing two feet high: 

 with rose colored flowers ; appearing in spring : a native of New Holland ; increased by cuttings ; 

 grown in heath soil and sand. (Bot. Reg. 1844 t. 47. 



"One of the most striking of Swan River shrubs," but 

 owing to some difficulty in cultivation, specimens have not 

 been produced in the gardens equal to the wild ones. The 

 plant is of rather erect growth, neat foliage, which is sweet 

 scented, and with numerous long clusters of dark flowers, 

 with bracts of a most vivid rose color, giving a gay appear- 

 ance to the plant. It is a greenhouse shrub, which, though 

 not yet managed well, will probably grow freely if potted in 

 rough heath soil and sand, and liberally supplied with water 

 during summer. In winter treat it like the erica, with out 

 much fire heat, on an airy shelf, and it will flower freely. It 

 is increased by cuttings in the usual way. {Bot. Reg. Sept.) 



