416 Botanical, Floricultural, and Arboricultural Notices, 



NIPHjE v A Lindl. Snow-wort. (Niphos, snow ; in allusion to its spotless flowers.) 



obl6nga Lindl. oblong ^ tM or J s.d W Guatemala 1841. C r.l Bot. reg. 1812, 8. 



A beautiful little plant, resembling in habit some of the stemless gesneras, 

 and remarkable as being one of the few instances known of a pure white flower 

 in this order. It requires a heat between that of the greenhouse and the 

 stove, and " it flowers in autumn and winter, after which the stems die off, 

 and the plant remains in a dormant state till the following season." Of course, 

 while the plant is in this state of rest, it should be kept warm and dry till the 

 young stems make their appearance, when it should be repotted, and abun- 

 dantly supplied with water. " It forms a great number of curious imbricated 

 scaly buds, both on the surface and under ground, by which means it may 

 easily be multiplied. It also strikes readily by cuttings. Any rich light soil 

 will do for its cultivation." (Bot. Reg,, Jan.) 



ACHIME'NES (seep. 179.) [1842,19. 



longiflbra Dec. long-flowered ^ iAl or 1 au. d V Guatemala 1841. C r.l Bot. reg. 



A very beautiful plant, with large violet-coloured flowers. It requires a 

 warm greenhouse, it which it will flower from August to December, its culture 

 being exactly the same as that of the preceding species. From its great beauty, 

 and the length of time it continues in flower, " this Achimenes longiflora is an 

 invaluable gift by the [Horticultural] Society to every one who has a warm 

 greenhouse." (Bot. Reg., April.) 



[1842, 31. 

 pedunculata Benth. long-stalked ^ E3 or 1 s S.Y Guatemala 1840. C r.l Bot. reg. 



This plant is more like a gesnera than an achimenes, though it has " the 

 thin soft foliage" of the latter genus, as well as the "cup-shaped disk and 

 distinct anthers" which form its generic distinction. The culture is the same 

 as that of the preceding species. (Bot. Reg., June.) 



ILricdceee. 

 1339. iJHODODE'NDRON 11023 anthopbgon Bot. Mag. 3947. 

 Smiths adreum Paxt. Mag. of Bot. vol. ix. p. 80. 



This splendid hybrid was raised by Mr. Smith of Norbiton, Surrey, from a 

 seedling of his own fertilised by the yellow Chinese azalea. (Paxt. Mag. of 

 Bot., May.) 



1346. ARCTOSTA'PHYLOS [mag. 3927. 



pungens Humb. Bonp. et Kunth pointed M \ 1 pr 1 f [W .Mexico 1839. C s.l.p Bot. 



The leaves of this species are small and more acute than in general, and it 

 lias no hairs on the leaves or stems. The flowers have no particular beauty. 

 The species is a native of Mexico, which has hitherto been kept in a green- 

 house, but which will probably prove hardy. (Bot. Mag., Feb.) 



1317. CLE"THRA 



juercifdlia Lindl. Oak-leaved * i 1 or 10 su W Mexico 1840. L s.p Bot. reg. 1842, 23. 



" A handsome evergreen greenhouse shrub, with deliciously fragrant flowers, 

 inhabiting the neighbourhood of Jalapa in Mexico." This species was sup- 

 posed by Professor Schlectendahl to be the C. tenuifolia of Swartz, but Dr. 

 Lindley considers it to be quite different. (Bot. Reg., April.) 



Zasminece. 



43. JASMPNUM 



caudatum Wall, long-tailed J; l~l or 10 su W Sylhet 1838. C r.m Bot. reg. 1842, 26. 



A handsome climbing species, with large clusters of snow-white flowers, 

 which, however, are not fragrant. The leaves are of a deep green, and they 

 are drawn out into long slender points, whence the name. " It requires the 

 temperature of a cool stove," and a mixture of loam, leaf-mould, and rotten 

 dung, or any rich free soil. It is propagated by cuttings struck in sand, with 

 bottom heat. (Bot. Reg., May.) 



