supplementary to the Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 73 



were imported by G. F. Dickson, Esq., F.H.S., and presented 

 to the Horticultural Society." (Bot. Meg., Nov.) 



2337. ^4'STER 



cassiarabicus ? Fisch. % Mey. A or 2 s P Russia 1834. D co Bot. gard. no. 672. 



Nearly allied to A. ^melius, but superior in depth of colour 

 and vigour of growth, and a more abundant flowerer. It was 

 raised in the Birmingham Horticultural Society's Garden in 

 1834, from seeds received from Russia. " It may probably be 

 the ^4'ster ibericus of Stevens, which De Candolle considered a 

 variety of ^melius." {Bot. Gard., Dec.) 



2280. MARSHA'LL/yJ 



*ca;spitbsa Nutt. tufted ^ _A) or 1 jl au P.W Texas 1837. D co Bot. mag. 370C. 



This species of Marshallm was first discovered by Nuttall, 

 but it was sent to England by Drummond, in his third collection 

 of the seeds of Texas. Seeds sown in the Glasgow Botanic 

 Garden flowered in a cool frame in July and August. (Bot. 

 Mag., Jan.) 



Lobeliaceee. 



609. LOBE^Li^ 



*ram6sa Bentk. branching ^ A or 2 jn.o D.B Swan River 1838. D co Bot. no. 93. 



A pretty, free-growing, perennial Lobelm, raised in the garden 

 of the London Horticultural Society, from seeds received from 

 the Swan River, by Captain James Mangles, R.N. " It ap- 

 pears confined to South Western Australia, for the specimens 

 received from Van Diemen's Land, and figured in the Botanical 

 Register, t. 2014., are probably the true Lobelm heteropbylla, 

 or some other allied species." It remains in flower in great 

 beauty for several months, and grows very freely, either singly, 

 or in beds ; requiring only winter protection from frost. It 

 continues to flower a long time after being gathered and placed 

 in a room." (Botanist, Nov.) 



Gesnerihceae. 



1702. GLOXI'NZ^ 



*maxima greatest £23 or 1 jl.au P.W hybrid 1837. D s.p Paxt. mag. of bot. v. 219. 



This is a hybrid raised in the Epsom Nursery, from G. 

 spinosa, and G. Candida. The flower is very large, and white, 

 with a deep stain of mazarin blue, or purple, in the mouth of the 

 corolla. (Paxt. Mag. of Bot., Nov.) 



* Cyrtandracea. 



*ESCHYNA'NTHUS Jack. The iEscHYNANTHUS. (From aischuno, to be ashamed, and anthos, 

 a flower; colour.) [Paxt. mag. of bot. v. 241. 



*grandifldrus G. Don large-flowered £, □ or 5 au.s S B.G.Y Khoseea 1838. C p.r.w 

 Synonymes : Incarvdlea parasitica Roxb., Trichospermum grandiflbrum D. Don. 



This is one of the most splendid, and at the same time one of 

 the most remarkable, plants which have ever been introduced 

 into this country. It is an epiphytal twining shrub, with a 

 large head or umbel of splendid orange-scarlet flowers, each 

 flower as large as the flower of the foxglove. This superb 

 plant was one of those brought home by Mr. John Gibson, the 

 Duke of Devonshire's collector in India; where he found it in 



