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It is a tall, pretty plant, with broad-lanceolate spreading 

 sessile leaves, with parallel nerves, and with deep yellow 

 axillary flowers. The tubers are exceedingly curious, being 

 similar to a Spanish chestnut, and about the same size. It 

 was detected in Natal, by J. Sanderson, Esq., and sent to 

 Kew, where it flowered in the stove, within three months 

 after it was planted. It will be a pretty addition to our stove 

 plants. {Bot. Mag., July.) 



222. LoPE^ziA MACROPHYLLA Benth. Large leaved Lo- 



PEziA. (Onagrariea5.) Mexico. 



A greenhouse plant ; growing two feet hish ; with crimson flowers ; appearing in summer ; in- 

 creased by cuitiii!,'s ; grown in loam, leaf mould and sand. Bot. Mag., 1853, pi. 4724. 



A new and very pretty plant, introduced first to notice by 

 Van Houtte, under the name of Jehlm fuchsoides. It has a 

 fuchsia-like aspect, with terminal panicles of brilliant colored 

 flowers, and ovate, acuminate leaves. It is from the same 

 locality as the fuchsia, and requires similar treatment. (Bot. 

 Mag., July.) 



223. Li'lium ro^seum Wall. Rose-colored Lily. (Lilia- 



ceas.) Kamoon. 



A half hardy bulb; growins two feel hii'h; with rose-colored (lowers; appearing in spring; in- 

 creased by olisets; grown in light rich soil. Bot. Mag. 1S53, pi. 4725. 



A very pretty liliaceous plant, grooving in a cool frame or 

 greenhouse, and throwing up a slender stem eighteen inches 

 high, terminating in a raceme of eight or ten large, handsome, 

 drooping lilac flowers. It grows readily, and will be a beau- 

 tiful addition to our half-hardy spring flowering bulbs. (Bot. 

 Reg., July.) 



224. AzA^LEA crispiflora Hook. Crisped-flowered Aza- 



lea. (Ericacea3.) China. 



A greenhouse shrub; growing ihrte feet high; with crimson flowers; appearing in spring; in- 

 creased by cuttings; grown in heath soil, leaf mould and sand. Bot. Mag. 1853, pi. 4720. 



A new and exceedingly elegant species or variety, found 

 in China by Mr. Fortune, and sent to Messrs. Standish &, 

 Noble, of the Bagshot Nursery, in whose collection it flow- 

 ered last year. The general aspect of the plant is like the A. 

 phoenicea, and the flowers are somewhat similar in color; but 



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