supjrfementary to the Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 245 



placed in a pot, and surrounded with light soil ; and it is found to require a warm 



and moist atmosphere. " It does not send out roots from its stem like the 



other species, and is found at present rather difficult to propagate. However, 



there is little doubt of its being multiplied with a little patience, either by 



cuttings or layers." (Bot. Reg., April.) 



Scrophularinece. 



1787. TORE^NL* 



♦cordifolia Roxb. heart-leaved E3 en J o Pa. Li Samulcottah 1838. S r.l Bot mag. 3715 



A little annual of no great beauty, which requires a stove in England. It 

 is a native of moist pastures near Samulcottah in India ; but, even there, it 

 is not common. (Bot. Mag., March.) 



1718. CHELCTNE 15462 barbata Cav. 



Synonyme : Penstemon barbatum Lindl. 



. 1717. PENTSTE'MON barbatum var. carneum Lindl., flesh-coloured bearded. 



A native of Mexico, raised from seed presented to the Horticultural Society 

 by G. F. Dickson, Esq. It is a hardy perennial, growing 2 or 3 feet high, 

 and flowering in July and August ; and it may be easily increased either by 

 seeds or cuttings. " It may appear necessary," observes Dr. Lindley, " to 

 offer some explanations of having changed the name of this plant from Chelone 

 to Pentstemon. These two genera have been divided by the former having 

 woolly anthers, and the latter smooth ones ; and, supposing that this were 

 really the essential distinction between them, the subject of this notice would 

 belong to Pentstemon." Dr. Lindley continues, that, supposing the difference 

 to lie in the corolla and seeds, still this plant belongs to Pentstemon. In 

 short, he adds, that he agrees " with Mr. Bentham in striking out of the genus 

 Chelone all the plants hitherto referred to it, with the exception of C. Lyoni, 

 glabra, obliqua, and nemorosa." (Bot. Beg., April.) 



Acanthdceae. 



1727. RUE'LLM C3718 



*ciliatifl6ra Hook, fringe-flowered 23 or 1$ s Pa.P Buenos Ayres 1838. S CO Bot. mag. 



A very handsome species of Ruellwz, with pale purple flowers, sent to the 

 Glasgow Botanic Garden, by Mr. Tweedie, from Buenos Ayres ; though Sir 

 W. J. Hooker suspects that it was brought there from some country in the 

 interior. It flowered in the stove in September. (Bot. Mag. t April.) 



Begomiiceae. 

 [2654. BEGOWy* 29529 parvifolia Schott, not Otto, Bot. Mag. 3720. 



Thytnelacece. 



87. PIMELE X A [Bot. mag. 3721 



, *Henders6nj Graham Mr. Henderson's ffi i_J or 2 jl Pk King George's Sound 1837. C s.p 



A very ornamental species, which Dr. Graham thinks should be placed 

 between P. decussata and P. rosea. It is a native of King George's Sound, 

 whence seeds of it were sent to Messrs. Eagle and Henderson, Edinburgh, 

 by Captain Cheyne, in May, 1837. It is a low shrub, with a profusion of 

 beautiful pink blossoms, and promises to be a great acquisition to our green- 

 houses. (Bot. Mag., April.) 



Aristolochidcecs. 



2582. ^RISTOLO'CHIA [bot, 6. p. 53 



hyperbbrea Hort. northern _$ O or 20 my P. Lam ? India ? 1836. D 1 Paxt. mag. of 



A very showy and curious climbing species of ^ristolochia, which flowered 

 in 1838, in the stove of Mr. Knight, King's Road, Chelsea. It has also 

 flowered at Messrs. Ronalds's, Brentford. (Paxt. Mag. of Bot. , April.) 



OrcMddcecB. 



2540. ONCI'DIUM 22688 hlridum var. guttatum Lindl. speckled. 



Synonyme : Epidendrum guttatum L. ; Cymbidium guttatum IVilld. ; Oncidium Boydi'j Hort. 



" That this is the long lost Epidendrum guttatum of Linnaeus," says Dr. 

 Lindley, " I do not doubt." It was imported from Jamaica by Messrs. 

 Rollisson, and only differs in its colour (which is yellow, spotted with red) 

 from O. lucidum. Under this head, Dr. Lindley repeats the observations of 



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