of New Plants. 253 



Andes, at an elevation of 8000 feet above the sea ; where 

 it forms a " neat compact evergreen shrub, about five feet 

 high." The leaves are sessile oval-oblong, obtuse, and 

 reticulate ; the flowers generally appear in threes, at the 

 axils of the leaves, and are long cylindrical, and of a rich 

 crimson, very showy. It should be grown in the green- 

 house, and potted in sandy loam and peat in equal propor- 

 tions. It produces very fleshy roots, and consequently re- 

 quires a good sized pot or tub : it should be liberally wa- 

 tered in summer and sparingly in winter. Increased by 

 cuttings under a bell glass in bottom peat. — (^Bot. Reg. 

 May.) 



CompositecB. 



Bl'DENS (from having its seeds surmounted witli two teeth.) VVilld. 

 Wallicliij Wallich's Bidens. An annual: from seeds received from tlie Botanic Garden, 

 Calcutta, E. Indies, 1842. 



Quite a showy, tall plant, with dark green and rich fol- 

 iage, and rather large white flowers, of some merit. Flow- 

 ered in the summer of 1843, and grown out of a collection 

 of East Indian seeds. — /. L. R. 



HydrophylleacecB. 



EU^TOCA 



WrangelUi Fischer. Wrangel's Eutoca. 



A beautiful variegated flowered little plant, from seeds 

 of the same collection as the last. An abundant flowerer, 

 with conspicuous blue and white blossoms in thick clusters, 

 and promises to be a valuable addition to the annual gems 

 of the flower border. Flowered in May, from seeds sown 

 in March.—/. L. R. 



GraminecB. 



EhYMVS (Lyme grass.) 

 dasystichys. Thick or short spiked Lyme grass. 



A strong, vigorous grass, with long curculi or under- 

 ground stems ; and growing about four feet high : probably 

 well calculated for light loose soil. Raised from seed re- 

 ceived from Dr. Fischer of Imperial Garden, St. Peters- 

 burgh, 1843-4.—/. L. R. 



