supplementary to Encjjc. of Plants and Hart. Brit. 529 



Carclew, Cornwall. In the stove its " flowers are produced in suc- 

 cession for several weeks. In the shade, or when the plant is in a 

 room, they are scentless ; but in sunshine, or a warm atmosphere, 

 they are highly fragrant." {W, B. Booths in Bol.. Reg.^ Sept.) 

 CCIX. Gesnereae. 



1698. GE'SNER,4. 



fauciaiis Lindl. vrlde-mouth-corollaed ;li [Z3 or 2 }1 S Brazil ? 1S33 ? O p<l Bot. reg. 1785. 

 " Is nearly- related to G, Sellbz." 



Its corollas are fewer, larger, and more brilliant in colour 

 than those of G. bulbosa. It is as hardy as that species, and 

 thrives in the green-house if not damp in winter. " Communi- 

 cated by the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert, who received it from 

 Mr. Tate." {Bot. Beg., Sept.) 



CCXVII. Bignoji'iacess. 



1765. CRESCE'NTI^. [mag. 3430 



tl5745 Cujete L. Cujete f □ ec 20 ... Ysh G and Reddish West Indies 1690 C r.m Bot. 



The calabash tree. " Branches of it are not unfrequently 

 sent over to our collections from the West India Islands, for the 

 sake of the epiphytes with which they are invested ; and these, 

 being fixed in the earth, readily vegetate : but I [Dr. Hooker] 

 was not aware that any had produced blossoms in our stoves, 

 until Charles Horsfall, Esq., obligingly sent me a flower which 

 was perfected in his garden at Liverpool, accompanied by a 

 drawing of the plant from the pencil of Mrs. Horsfall. , . . Mr. 

 Horsfall's plant is growing so vigorously, and has borne flowers 

 so readily, we are not without hopes that it may ere long pro- 

 duce fruit also." The calabash tree is a tree 20 ft. high, with 

 large horizontal scarcely divided branches, which bear fascicles 

 of leaves at various distances. Leaves 4 in. to 6 in. long, taper- 

 ing to both ends, entire, without a footstalk. Flowers solitary, 

 usually from the older portions of the trunk or branches, pendent. 

 Corolla large, tubularly bell-shaped, " at the mouth cut into 

 five much crisped and waved, sharp, but rather unequal, seg- 

 ments, which. are at length reflexed : " colour " somewhat vary- 

 ing, . . . generally of a yellowish green, more or less streaked or 

 veined with reddish lines." Stamens shorter than the corolla, 

 style rather longer. Fruit, in some instances, much larger than 

 the human head, resembling a pumpkin, and used by the in- 

 habitants of the West Indies and all the warmer parts of Ame- 

 rica for many useful purposes. {Bot. Mag., Sept.) 



CCXXII. Boraginece. 



433. SY'MPHYTUM 3588 officinale Cfl. gar. 2. s. 304 



var. bohemicum'T). Von Bohemian ^ A <>'' IJ ""y Bt C Bohemia 1810 V co Sw. 

 S. bohemicum Schmidt. 



Eligible for " a place in the flower-border, for which its dwarf 



habit and copious crimson blossoms render it very suitable. . . . 



It will grow in almost any kind of soil, and is easily increased 



by" separating the rootstocks where they are several, or by 



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