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Subordo 5. Jacobeaz. 

 5enecio (i.) lildcinus Schrad. 



Subordo 6. Helianthece. 

 Encelia (AdamS) canescens Cav. Bot. Reg. 909. 

 Rudbeckza (L.) columnaris Pursh. Bot. Mag. 1601. 

 Coreopsis (£.) ? aurea Ait. Bot. Reg. 1228. 



Subordo 8. Ant/iemidece. 

 Pyrethrum (<SW.) uliginosum Kit. 



Lobeliacese. 



Lobelia (L.) maculata Penny. Hort. Eps. ed. 2. ined. 



Seeds of this interesting species of Lobelk were transmitted by Philip 

 Barker Webb, Esq., to his gardener, Mr.Wm. Young, at Milford House. It 

 is, I believe, a new species (as Mr. Webb suspected), as I am unable to cite 

 a description to which it is referable. It is a neat little plant, with numerous 

 spotted stems rooting in every direction; leaves roundish, toothed; pe- 

 duncles axillary, solitary, twice the length of the leaves; flowers white. 

 Native of New Zealand ; protection of a frame. 



Escallonesd. 

 Escallom'a (Mut.) bifida Link et Ott. 



Asclepiddeas. 

 Jsclepias (Z.) verticillata L. Sweet. B. F. G. 1. 144. 



~Polemonidcece. 



Phlox (L.) pyramidalis S771., elata Penny in Hort. Eps. ed. 2. ined. 



The present plant is distinguished from P. pyramidalis by its taller and 

 more robust habit ; the flowers are also twice the size, of a lilac colour. No 

 other differences having been observed, it has been deemed advisable to con- 

 sider it a variety of the above established species. It is next in beauty to 

 P. reflexa Sweet. — P. tardiflora Penny in Hort. Eps. part 1. p. 38. 

 No. 2725. Plants of this species were imported from North America, in 

 1825, by Messrs. Young, under the name of P. suaveolens tardiflora. It was 

 first ranked as a distinct species in the above-cited work, and subsequent 

 experience appears to justify such a procedure. The stem is erect, 2 to 3 ft. 

 in height, smooth or upper part slightly pubescent, minutely spotted ; leaves 

 various, lower lanceolate, upper cordate acuminate, shining on the upper 

 surface, pallid underneath ; flowers white, fragrant, tube very long, segments 

 cuneate, rounded, imbricate. A very elegant plant, succeeding best in peat 

 soil ; frame. It received the expressive name of" tardiflora, in reference to the 

 time of flowering, and the near affinity it has to P. suaveolens ; P. longiflora, 

 as has been suggested, may to some appear preferable ; I have, however, 

 preferred its praenomen. — P. procumbens Lehm. Alpha in Gard. Mag. v. 5. 

 p. 471. This species has again flowered: instead of a few-flowered panicle, 

 it has produced a large corymbose panicle, extremely elegant. 



Horaginecz. 

 ischium (L.) asperrimum Lam. A biennial species, with rose-coloured 

 flowers. 



Scrophtilarinecsi 

 Digitalis (i.) laciniata Lindl. Alpha in Gard. Mag. vol. 5. p. 471. I have 

 already given some remarks upon this charming plant : it only remains for 

 me to add, that it has continued to flower until the first week in December. 

 The suffrutescent habit, to which I have also adverted is characteristic of the 

 species all along the chain of mountains from Caratraea, near Malaga, to the 

 mountains of Ronda, near Gibraltar, though not in very great abundance. 

 The figure in Bot. Reg. t. 1201. conveys no correct idea of the beauty of the 

 plant. 



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