supplementary to Enc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 237 



One of the extremely beautiful hybrid azaleas raised at Highclere, by 

 Lord Carnarvon. If the present yield to some of those previously pub- 

 lished " in intensity of colour, it certainly is not surpassed in other 

 respects. It is a most abundant flowerer ; its blossoms are produced in 

 large umbels ; and the variation of tint caused by each corolla being diver- 

 sified with bright yellow, rose of different shades, and white, gives the bush 

 an air of richness that is rarely to be exceeded. The plant having been 

 liberally distributed by order of Lord Carnarvon, and being now to be 

 found in many of the choicer collections of this country, it is to be hoped 

 that it will soon become common." (^Bot. Reg., Feb.) 



CLXXI. Epaaidecs. 



518. LEUCOPO^GON. 



4325a ? parviflurus i/nrf/. small-flwd. *i \ |cu2?iny W N. Holl. 1790. C s.p Bot. reg. 1560 



Styphfelia parviflbra Bot. Rep. 287. 



An interesting little shrub to botanists, drawn from Lowe's collection, 

 in the Clapton Nursery. It has been long in the country, as Professor 

 Lindley proves it to be the Styphelia parviflora of Andrews's Botanisfs 

 Repository, 287. ; which has hitherto, although erroneously, been deemed 

 identical with Brown's Leucopogon lanceolatus. Mr. Cunningham relates 

 that he met with one or other species of the genus Leucopogon in abun- 

 dance on every coast he visited : amongst them, he has discovered species 

 whose characteristics have not yet been published. {Bot. Reg., Feb.) 



CLXXV. LobeRkceas. 



609. LOBE'L/^. 

 5\Q3a coloikta. Swt. co\oure&-lvd. ^ Al or 5 dp B.O N.America 1832. D p.l Sw.fl.gar.2.s.l80 



" Another showy hybrid Lobelia, derived, most probably, from the inter- 

 mixture of L. cserulea and L. cardinalis. It formed part of a collection of 

 plants received by Mr. Dennis, nurseryman, Chelsea, from North America ; 

 and, although sent as a native species, the imperfect nature of the anthers 

 clearly establishes its spurious origin : it is, nevertheless, a highly orna- 

 mental plant, and is well entitled to a place in the flower-border. The 

 stems are tall, straight, and generally unbranched ; occasionally rising to 

 the height of 6 ft., and terminated by a long close spike of blue flowers. A 

 light soil, composed of sandy loam and peat, appears to suit it best ; and 

 the plant may be increased, either by parting the roots or by cuttings." 

 (Sweet's Flower-Garden, Feb.) This is one of the kinds, possessed by 

 Mr. Dennis, to which we have adverted in p. 106. 



CLXXXVI. Covipositcs. Lidtris odoratissima is figured in the British 

 Floiuer-Garden for March, 1. 184., from the nursery of Mr. Dennis, Chel- 

 sea; who, in 1831, introduced, through Mr. Gordon, several plants of it 

 from Carolina: it had previously become scarce in our collections. " It is 

 known in North America by the name of ' Carolina vanilla plant,' from the 

 delightful fragrance it diffuses, resembling that yielded by a recently cut 

 hay-field abounding in the vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum). The 

 smell of the dried herbage is even more agreeable ; and specimens still 

 retain their fragrance after having been kept in the herbarium for more 

 than twenty 3'ears. The plant requires a peat soil ; and it should, when in 

 a growing state, be freely supplied with water. It is increased by parting 

 the roots." {British Flower-Garden, March.) 



The Gastrocarpharuncinata D.Don, Hort. Brit., p. .363., is figuredin the 

 Botanical Register for Feb. t. 1564., as Moscharia pinnatifida {Hort. Brit., 

 p. 328.) ; the name Moscharia being given to the plant, in the Flora Peru- 

 viana, in expression of its musky odour. As it is a freely growing, 

 freely blooming, and freely seeding annual, not unshowy in its numerous 

 heads of white flowers, it will probably be shortly spread about ; and we 

 have, in consequence, identified the name for it already in Hort. Brit, with 

 that by which Mr. Lindley has chosen to publish it. 



2441. MOSCHA'RIATJ. ^P. 



22254. pinnatifida i?. ,^ JP. pinnatifid.^urf. O " or 2 my.o W Chile 1827. S CO Bot, reg. 1564 

 Gastrocarpha runcin&ta D. Don. Mosigia pinnatifida Spreng. 



