supplement art/ to Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 585 



Embryo Dicotyledonous: Corolla Monopetalous.. 

 CLXX. Yii'tcacecs. 



13S9. /mODODE'NDRON 4344 calendulaceum [O-R ? hybrid ... L p.l Bot. mag. 3439 



var. fulgidum Hook shining in the skowi'ness of its corollas of an orange-red colour Sfc or 4 sp 

 It had been received at " the Glasgow Botanic Garden, from Mr. Malcolm, as the var. fulgida 

 of Azalea calendulacea. It is, we [Dr. Hooker] believe, a hybrid variety, and, if we may judge 

 from the appearance, between R. ponticum [It is not to be doubted that Dr. Hooker has here 

 meant the R. fla.vum V. Don, the Azklea pfmtica Z,.] and R. nudiflorum var. coccineum ; but of 

 the parentage we will not undertake to speak." — Dr. Hooker. 



" Very beautiful. Cultivated in pots forced in the conservatory 

 in the spring months, there are few plants better calculated to 

 enliven a collection than the present. It comes near the 'copper- 

 coloured Highclere Azalea' of i^o/f. Reg. t. 1366, but is infinitely 

 superior in point of richness of colour. It recommends itself no 

 less by the fine colour of its inflorescence, than by the bright 

 green of its leaves, which, spreading out beneath the corymbs 

 of flowers, form a rich background to them." [Bot. Mag., 

 Oct.) 



1339. iZHODODE'NDRON 4343 flkvum D. Don (Azalea p6ntica L.) [Sw. fl. gar. 2. s. 306 



var. ardens D. Z)ore fiery -coloured-corollaed Hi spl. 4 my Bt O-R .'Holland hybrid L p.l 

 " Is doubtless a hybrid production between R. fiavum and one of the varieties of nudiflorum." 

 — D. Don. 



" This truly splendid variety was introduced from Holland." 

 The drawing of the figure published " was obtained from Mr. 

 Knight's collection in Ma}', 1835. The plant had 8 or 10 large, 

 compact, rounded heads of flowers, which, for brilliance, could 

 not be surpassed. . . . Corolla of a bright orange red." (British 

 F/ower- Garden, Oct.) 



Of azaleas, which are now to be called, it seems, rhododen- 

 drons, Mr. Waterer, Knap Hill, has raised 79 varieties, estimable 

 for the beauty of their flowers, and some of them highly so. 

 Mr. Cree and Mr. Waterer have selected this number out of 

 hundreds of seedling plants, and have named them. — G. 



1345. ji'RBUTUS. In the notice on CratEe^gus mexicana M. 8; S., in p. 583., is information on a species 

 of /I'rbutus deemed new to British collections. 



CLXXV. Lobellaceas. 



609a. TiPPA G. Don (The name Tupa is applied by the Indians of Chile to a species of this genus. 

 — D.Don.) 5. 1. D. Don. ? 16. 2. J. D. Sp. 10. 

 [? Affinity.] blanda D. Don charming ^ ^ or 3 ... Pk Chile ... D lt.l Sw. fl. gar. 2. s. 308 



Mr. D. Don has constituted the genus Tiipa of certain species 

 of Lobelza as they had been deemed. The characteristics of the 

 genus Tupa that he had given in the British Flower-Garden are 

 to the following amount. Calyx top-shaped, 5-toothed. Co- 

 rolla's tube slit lengthwise on the upper side, the limb directed to 

 one side, 5-parted. Stamens monadelphous. Anthers coherent, 

 the front two with a tuft of hairs at the tip. Stigma bearded be- 

 neath, of two lobes. Capsule half superior, two-celled, many- 

 seeded, opening at the tip. Seeds elliptic, concave, smooth. 



T. blanda D. Don is herbaceous, perennial ; its stems upright, 



leafy, 3 ft. high, terminated by upright racemes, one upon a 



' stem, of many flowers. Leaves lanceolate, 6 in. or 8 in. long, 



2 in. or 3 in. broad. Corolla pink, 1 in. long. " A flowering 



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