supplementary to the Encyc. of Plants and Hort. Brit. 465 



knowledges to be only a variety. If this is to be adopted as a principle, and 

 followed out in naming new plants, it will add greatly to the present inextri- 

 cable confusion which exists in almost every genus. The same object would 

 have been obtained by naming this E'pacris E. impressa coccinea. We shall 

 not occupy space here to show the importance of this subject, but rather refer 

 to the Arboretum, vol. i. p. 8. and p. 216. (Paxt. Mag. of Bot., July.) 

 Asclepiadacess. 



778. CEROPE'GIA 



wincsf&lia Hoolc. Vinca-leaved J, 22 cu 20 s P Bombay 1837. C l.p Bot. mag. 3740. 



A vigorous-growing stove climber, with dark purple flowers. It is a native 

 of Bombay, and was sent to the Glasgow Botanic Garden by J. Nimmo, Esq. 

 (Bot. Mag., July.) 



Jioragindcece. 



435. CYNOGLO'SSUM 



calestineum Lindl. celestial blue & Q) or 2 B.w North of India 1837. S co Bot. reg. 1839, 36. 



A hardy biennial, the seeds of which were sent to the Horticultural Society, 

 from Bombay, by John Nimmo, Esq. The flowers are blue and white, and 

 very pretty ; but the whole plant has a heavy and unpleasant smell. The 

 seeds should be sown, and the plants treated, like those of the giant 

 Brompton stock. (Bot. Reg., July.) 



Scrophulariacece. 



45. VERO'NICA 



? diosmasfolia Cunn. Diosma-leaved ja or 3 ap L V. D. L 1835. C l.p.s Flor. cab. no. 106. 



A very pretty little shrub, growing about 3 ft. high, and producing a pro- 

 fusion of pale lilac blossoms. It was introduced from Van Diemen's Land in 

 1835, by J. W. Compton, Esq., and flowered in the Birmingham Botanic 

 Garden in April, 1838. Though grown against a wall in the Birmingham 

 garden, it appears very nearly hardy, as it stood out without protection during 

 the severe winter of 1837-8. (Flor. Cab., July.) 



+ V. formosa R.Br. An evergreen hardy shrub, with white flowers, a 

 native of the highest mountains in Van Diemen's Land. " Its power of exist- 

 ing in water," says Dr. Lindley, " is quite extraordinary. I have a specimen 

 now before me, of which a twig, placed in a phial of water, has lived six 

 weeks, ripened its seeds, and is now as fresh and healthy as it was at first." 

 (B. M. R., No. 85., July.) 



Protekceee. 



-\- Grevillea Tkelemonmna. Hugel. " A beautiful New Holland shrub, with 

 numerous racemes of crimson flowers, and narrow pinnatifid leaves." It 

 was brought to Europe by Baron Hugel, with whom it has flowered at 

 Vienna. (B. M. R., No. 72., July.) 



Thi/melcB^a. 



-{■Pbnelea prostrdta Vahl. This is the pretty little shrub called in the 

 nurseries P. Novae Zelandise ; and it is said to be a native of arid mountains 

 in New Zealand. (B. M. R„ No. 81. July.) 



Orchidacece. 



2558. BLE V T7^ [3736. 



Parkinsbnz Hook. Mr. Parkinson's AE cu 1 ja R.Y.P Mexico 1838. D p.l Bot. mag. 



Very nearly allied to B. reflexa, but with narrower flowers, which are of a 

 lively rose colour, the lip and column being beautifully variegated with yellow 

 and purple. The bulb is terrestrial and gibbous ; the scape is 2 ft. or more 

 long, slender, and jointed, with brownish sheathing bracteas at the joints. (Bot. 

 Mag., July.) 



3547. DENDRCTBIUM [1839, 37. 



Jen kinsz'i Wall. Captain Jenkins's £ ES pr 1 my Y Gualpra 1838. D p.r.w Bot. reg. 



A pretty little plant, though very inferior in beauty to most of the other 

 species of the genus. It is a native of India, whence it was sent to Messrs. 

 Loddiges by Dr. Wallich. (Bot. Reg., July.) 



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