supplementary to Enc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. Q'21 



diflference between them." {Dr. Graham in Bot. Mag., A.ugust.) C. cre- 

 natiflora is figured in the Botanical Register for September, t. 1609., where 

 Dr. Lindley describes it as " one of the handsomest of the Chilian cal- 

 ceolarias. ... It is a herbaceous plant, growing from 1 ft. to 2 ft. high, and 



of a remarkably dark rich green in the foliage It is as hardy a species 



as any one of the genus, and admirably adapted for employing as the male 

 parent of a race of hybrids. Like all the other species, plenty of air and 

 a cool situation, when in a growing state, are absolutely indispensable to 

 it ; for in no way do the whole of the herbaceous kind thrive so well near 



London as kept in pots in a cool shady frame Increased by seeds, 



and by division at the crown of the root." Drawn from a plant in Mr. 

 Low's nursery, at Clapton. 



577a viscosissima Lindl. clammiest « | or 3 mv.o Go.Y Chile 1832. C p.l Bot. reg. 1611 



C. integrifblia y viscosissima Hooker in Bot. Mag., 3214., Gard. Mag., vol. ix.p. 238., C. rug{)sa 

 macropliylla Hort., C. rugbsa latifblia Herbert. 



A beautiful shrubby species, with the habit of C. integrifolia, except that 

 it has a far more herbaceous character. It grows about 3 ft. high, and 

 produces ample crops of flowers all the summer long. It is covered all 

 over with viscid hairs, so densely that it is difficult to separate it from any 

 thing that is pressed upon it. {Bot. Reg., Sept.) 



CCXIII. Soldnece. § With the seeds enclosed in a berry. 



591. 50LA"NUM 



Ziglistrinum B. C. Vrivet-leaved * | or 5 my Dp.Li Chile 1831. C r.l Bot. cab. 1963 



Raised from seeds received of Mr. Cuming. " It is a free-growing 

 shrubby plant, with slender branches, and may be easily preserved in a 

 green-house : " we have ventured to say, a frame. " It may be readily 

 multiplied by cuttings, which should be potted in rich loamy soil." The 

 picture exhibits two corymbs of flowers; of which one consists of five 

 flowers, the other of four : a sixpenny-piece would about cover each 

 flower. {Bot. Cab., Sept.) 



Sohmece. ^ With the seeds enclosed in a capsule. 



1714. SALPIGLO'SSIS. 



29217 linearis Grak. l\near-!vd. )£ ^ or 1 ap.s P.Y Buen Ayres 1832. C l.t Bot. mag. 3256 

 Botanists differ as to the generic relations of this plant. 



" Exceedingly pretty, and very well deserving of cultivation. It strikes 

 very readily by cuttings, and will probably thrive well in a dry light green- 

 house." 



Schizanthus retusus is figured in Sweet's British Flower-Garden for 

 August, t. 20 L, from the nursery of Messrs. Allen and Rogers. Mr. D. Don 

 has remarked, that the glandular hairs of the species of Schizanthus give 

 out a peculiar acid secretion : " a fact," says Mr. Don, " first pointed 

 out to me by Miss Murray, a young lady of eminent botanical taste and 

 knowledge." 



" A light fresh earth, not too rich, will be found to suit S. retiisus best ; 

 and, if the plants are to be kept in the green-house, a free admission of 

 air and light is absolutely necessary to preserve them in health and vigour, 

 and to give the flowers their proper tints of colour : " and these, ac- 

 cording to the coloured figure, are most strikingly showy. 



Mr. Don remarks, that, notwithstanding that botanists generally refer 

 this genus to the order Scrophularineae, and compare it with Calceolaria, 

 he feels confident that it belongs to the order ^'olaneae ; and is closely 

 allied to the genus Salpiglossis in the structure of its capsule and seed, in 

 its arched embryo, its glandulose capitate pubescence, and its corolla being 

 somewhat similarly coloured and variegated. 



MONOCOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



CCXLV. lAelanthdcecE. 



Xerophyllum setifolium of Michaux is figured in the Botanical Register 

 for September, t. 161.3,, where Dr. Lindley represents that both the X. 



