stipplementary to Etic. of Plants, Hort. Brit., and Arh. Brit. 147 



raised from seeds collected in New Holland, and presented to that establish- 

 ment in the year 1836." {Flor. Cab., p, 79. j and B. M. E., No. 13., Feb.) 



Ges7ie7-ia.ce3e. 

 GLOXI'N/^ specibsa-caul&cens Bot. No. 149. 



^"^ A hybrid between the white variety of G. speciosa and G. caulescens, the 

 latter producing the seed. Under this head it is observed, that "the colour 

 of the flowers is mostly determined by that parent which supplies the pollen, 

 while the foliage and organs of vegetation generally resemble those of the 

 parent that furnished the ovules. The more it resembles the latter, the more 

 • likely are its seeds to be fertile." (^Botanist, Jan.) 

 Apoci/ndcecB. 



+ MANDEVI'LLyi Lindl. (In honour of " H. J. Mandeville, Esq., H.B.M. minister at Buenos Ayres, 

 to whom we are indebted for the introduction of this and many other interesting plants.") 



1840, 7. 

 suaveolens Lindl. s.weet-scented X \ I or 20 jn.au W Buenos Ayres 1837. C co Bot. reg. 



This very beautiful climber was first sent home under the name of the Chile 

 jasmine. The flowers are large, of a pure white, and " most deliciously sweet." 

 It is too tender to bear the open air during winter in this climate ; but suc- 

 ceeds best in a conservatory, with its young shoots trained " to their utmost 

 length, as it is always near the ends of the shoots that it blooms. After the 

 flowering season is over, the plants should be pruned back, in the same man- 

 ner as vines, and other plants which bear their flowers and fruit upon the 

 wood of the same year. It is easily propagated from cuttings." (^Bot. Reg., 

 Feb.) 



Gentiaxiacess. 

 794. G^'^TIA'NA 6353 gelida Paxt. Mag. of Bot. vii. p. 5. 



Coboeaceie. 



498. COBCE'^ [3780. 



+raa.cros,i^ma Hook, long-stamened fl_ i J or 20 n Y.G Guayaquil 1839. S co Bot. mag. 



Synonymes : C. liltea Z>. Don in Ed. Phil.'Jown. 1824 ; C. acuminata Dec. 



This very interesting plant was raised from seeds sent home by Mr. Skin- 

 ner in the spring of 1839, and it flowered in the conservatory of the Glasgow 

 Bot. Gard. in November in that year. It will, however, probably prove as 

 hardy as the well-known C. scandens. The flowers are of a yellowish green; 

 but the filaments of the stamens are red ; and both the stamens and the style 

 are very long and exserted. (Bot. Mag., Feb.) 



ConvolmddcecB. 



491. IPOMCE^A 



LeariiPaxt. Jlf»-. Lear's fi. □ or 30 s Dk.R Ceylon 1839. C co Paxt. mag. of bot. vi. 267. 



At first sight this Ipomoe^a greatly resembles the beautiful I. rubro-caerulea, 

 but it differs in having the stem clothed with hair, and the leaves, which are 

 often deeply cut, covered with pubescence ; and in the stems being shrubby. It 

 grows freely, the length of the strongest shoot being full 30 ft. ; and cuttings 

 taken from the young branches root with great readiness. This species was 

 imported by Mr. Knight of the Exotic Nursery, and it is named in honour of 

 Mr. Lear, his collector in Ceylon. {^Paxt. Mag. of Bot., Jan.) 



ScrophularinecB. 

 1717. PENTSTE'MON 30424 arg^tus Paxt. Mag. of Bot, vi. p. 271. 



y^erbendcecs. 



1749. FERBE'NA 



amoB^na Sort, pleasing ^i | or 1 s.n P ? Mexico 1839. C co Paxt. mag. of bot. vii. p. 3. 



A pretty species of Terbena nearly allied to V, teucrioides, but with the 

 flowers in a denser spike, and with numerous, and very conspicuous bracteas. 

 The leaves are pinnatifid, and the habit of the plant partl}'^ trailing, with up- 

 right flowering shoots. It seems tolerably hardy, and will, no doubt, prove 

 well adapted for planting out in beds. (Paxt. Mag, of Bot., Feb.) 



AcantkdcecB. 



1734. THUNBE'RG/.4 [bot. vi. p. 2fi9. 



aurantiaca Hori. orange-flowered $_ \ | or 4 o.n O C. G. H. 1838. C s.p.l Paxt. mag. of 



