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213. Epi'scia melittifo^lia Mart. Melittis-leaved 



Episcia. (G'es?ie/-acea3.) West Indies. 



a stove plant; gniwini: one foot hi:;!!-, with crimson flowers; appearing in spring-, increased 

 by cuttings ; ;;rovvii in leaf mould, peat and sand. Hot. Mas., 1853, pi. 4720. 



A really handsome Gesneraceous plant, with rather coarse, 

 nettle-like leaves, but with brilliant crimson flowers, which 

 appear in panicles from the base of the leaves. It has nov/ 

 flowered for the first time in Europe, having been received at 

 Kew from Dominica. It grows about a foot high, and its 

 dark colored flowers render it a conspicuous and showy plant. 

 {Bot. Mag., June.) 



214. Rhodode'ndron glau'cum Hook. Glaucus-leaved 

 Rhododendron. [EricecB.) Sikkim Himalaya. 



A half hardy or hardy shrub ; growing two feet high ; with pink flowers ; appearing in spring ; 

 increased by layers ; grown in heath soil. Bot. Mag., 1853, pi. 4721. 



An extremely distinct species, reared from seeds sent home 

 from the Sikkim Himalaya by Ur. Hooker, in the autumn of 

 1850. There it inhabits rocky depressed ridges, at eleva- 

 tions of from 10,000 to 12,000 feet above the level of the 

 sea. It is quite hardy in England, though the flowers were 

 cut from a plant in the greenhouse. It grows two feet high, 

 with rough reddish brown stems, and small lanceolate acute 

 leaves. The flowers appear in small umbels, five to eight in 

 each, and are of a full rich rose, glandular and scaly. It 

 flowers very early from the seed, and if hardy in our climate 

 will be a distinct and splendid species. {Bot. Mag., June.) 



215. Gloxinia Wilsoni. Mr. Wilson's Gloxinia. (Ges- 



neraceae.) Garden Hybrid. 



This is the name given to a magnificent plant raised by 

 Charles Wilson, Esq., near Liverpool. It was obtained from 

 seed of albo sanguinea, impregnated with some other sort. 

 It is white, with a deep carmine spot in the throat. The 

 flowers are of " magnificent size," being nearly six inches 

 long. It is of a vigorous habit, and a free bloomer. [Flori- 

 ndtural Cabinet for July.) 



