454 Floricultural mid Botanical Notices, 



and Purshm; differing from the former in the quinary arrange- 

 ment of the floral envelopes and definite ovaria ; and from the 

 latter, in the more numerous achenia, crowned by the persistent 

 feathery styles." {Stiot. Brit. Fl.-Gard., Sept.) 

 Loasese. 



2194. BLUMENBA'CH/zf [Bot. mag. S599. 



♦multifida Hook, multifid-feai^erf -* O or 1 jl.n Gsh. R. and Y Buenos Ayres 1826 S r.m. 



This new Blumenbach/« was first detected by the late Dr. 

 Gillies at Buenos Ayres ; and Sir W. J. Hooker noticed his spe- 

 cimens, preserved in his herbarium, under the name of B. insignis, 

 at t. 2865. of the Botanical Magazine. Since that discovery, Mr. 

 Tweedie has gathered the same plant in the Pampas of Buenos 

 Ayres, and seeds from him have been raised in the Glasgow 

 Botanic garden. The plants flourish extremely well in the open 

 border, and preserve all the characters of native dried ones ; so 

 that there can be little doubt of the species being distinct from 

 B. insignis. It is much the stronger growing plant of the two ; 

 and the leaves are much larger, 5-partite in a palmated manner ; 

 the middle lobe the longest, but all of them bipinnatifid, and 

 wrinkled upon the surface. [Bot. Mag., Sept.) 



1478. MENTZE'LI^ 



*stipitata Dec. stalked £ ^ or 2 o Y Mexico 1835 C s.l Botanist, 34. 



The present species is a native of Mexico, whence it was sent 

 by Mr. Bates to the Liverpool Botanic Garden, and flowered in 

 the green-house there. The flowers of all the species hitherto 

 known are orange-coloured, and only expand when exposed to 

 strong direct solar light, and continue in bloom only a few hours, 

 but follow each other in rapid succession. They ai'e devoid of 

 perfume. The hairs of many species, and of Blumenbachm 

 insignis, secrete a pungent juice, much more potent than that 

 of the nettle; and, as it is probable that this property is possessed 

 by some mentzelias, it is prudent to avoid touching them care- 

 lessly. A mixture of sandy loam and peat seems to suit this 

 plant best. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, petiolate, somewhat 

 lobed or angular ; pointed at the top, with large unequal teeth ; 

 both surfaces hairy ; upper surface deep green ; under, lighter. 

 Flowers large, orange-yellow, solitary. {Botanist, Sept.) 



LobeliSLceee. 



609. LOBE'L/^ 5103 syphilitica 



Lvar. *h^brida Hook. ^ /\, or 2 jn.o B C s.p Bot. mag. 3604. 



Synonymes : L. specibsa, and L. Mlllerz Hort. 



" There are few more beautiful hybrid vegetable productions 

 than the present, which, though known in our gardens by a 

 peculiar specific name, as if it were a legitimate individual, is 

 now universally acknowledged to be the offspring of L. syphi- 

 litica on the one hand, and of some scarlet-flowering species (L. 

 fulgens, or cardinalis, or splendens) on the other. It is quite 

 hardy, growing, in the open air, to the height of 2 or 3 feet ; 



