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and is found growing at elevations of 4000 to 5000 feet above 

 the ocean, among cupheas, lobelias, «fcc. It is rather slender 

 in its habit, attaining the height of six feet, and copiously- 

 covered with its brilliant flowers, which are axillary, and 

 clothe the terminal branches. It will undoubtedly prove a 

 splendid plant in our climate for planting out with salvias, 

 &c., where it will bloom all summer, as Mr. Seeman found it 

 in flower and fruit, towards the end of 1850, on the Sierra 

 Madre, near Mazatlan. [Bot. Mag., July.) 



227. Rhodode'ndron ni'veum Hook. Snowy-leaved Rho- 

 dodendron. (Ericaceas.) Sikkim Himalaya. 



A greenhouse shrub; growiii? three feet high; with rosy lilac flowers; appearing in sprins; in- 

 creased by seeds and layers; grown in heath soil. Bot. Mag. 1S53, pi. 4'30. 



A very pretty rhododendron, from the Himalayas, where 

 Dr. Hooker found it growing 10,000 to 12,000 feet above the 

 sea. He did not see it in flower, but from the seed he judged 

 it to be a new species, which its blooming has confirmed. 

 The leaves are covered with a " snow white, flocculent, opaque 

 tomentum, occupying both surfaces of the very young leaf — 

 permanent beneath — which distinguishes it from others. The 

 flowers are of a similar tint to our R. maximum, but the 

 heads are more compact, larger, and more deeply spotted with 

 dark red. A very pretty and desirable species. {Bot. Mag:, 

 Aug.) 



228. Gi'lia lu^tea Steucl. Yellow Gilia. (Polemonia- 



ceae.) California. 



An annual; growing one foot high; with yellow flowers. Bot. Mag. 1653. pi. 4745. 



Dr. Hooker follows Mr. Bentham, and unites the two gen- 

 era of Gilia and Leptosiphon. G. lutea was found by Mr. 

 Lobb in California, and seeds sent home to Mr. Veitch. It 

 forms a gay annual. (Bot. Mag., Sept.) 



229. Fritilla^ria oxype'tala Royle. S harp-pet aled Frit- 



iLLARY. (Liliaceac.) Kamoon. 



A half-hardy bulb; growing a foot and a hnlf high; with lilac-spotted flowers; appearing in si;ni- 

 mer ; increased by offsets; grown in light rich soil. 



An exceedingly pretty species of the Fritillaria, found in 

 Kamoon, at an elevation of 12,500 feet, and plants of it sent 



