618 Botanical, Floricultural, and Arhor'icultural Notices, 



it is remarkable for the length of its peduncles. " The stems ai-e long and 

 trailing rather than climbing, and should be fastened to a wire treUis, when 

 the plant makes a handsome appearance." Sir W. Hooker adds that his 

 specimen "flowered in January, 1823;" but this is probably a misprint for 

 1843, as the plant does not appear to have been in the country twenty years. 

 {But. Mag., May, 184.3.) 



Campanulacece. 

 607. CAMPA'NULA 



LceflingH Loefling's XiJ or A jl P Portugal 1842. S r.m Bot. reg. 1843, 19, 



This is a very beautiful little plant, which requires protection during winter, 

 if sown in the autumn ; and plenty of air if sown in the spring, and kept in a 

 cold frame, " as the plants are very delicate and apt to damp off. It may be 

 grown in the open border, if planted in a warm and dry situation after the 

 danger of spring frosts is over." It is a very valuable plant for either a pot 

 in a greenhouse or a box in a balcony, from the great abundance of its 

 blossoms, and the long time it continues in flower. {Bot. Reg., April, 1843.) 



[p. 31. 

 grandis Fisch. et Mey. large J^ or 3 au P Natolia 1842. D co Paxt. mag. bot. vol. 



This is a very handsome plant with the habit of growth of C. pyramidalis, 

 but with larger and more showy flowers. The flowers, indeed, are sometimes 

 as much as 3 in. across. The plant requires the same treatment as C. pyra- 

 midalis, but it has the advantage of blooming splendidly when kept in small 

 pots, when the height of the flower stems does not exceed a foot or 9 in. 

 When treated like C. pyramidalis, the plant is still stronger and more robust, 

 and the flower stalk frequently grows 4 ft. high. {Bot. Reg., June, 1842, 

 Misc. ; and Paxt. Mag. of Bot., March, 1843.) 



1G98. GE' SNER A discolor Xiwd/. ; Gesnerm polyaiitha Z)fc. Bot. mag. 3S95. 



ACHIME'NES [4012. ; and Paxt. mag. bot. vol. x. p. 14.5. 



grandiflbra Dec. large-flowered A I I spl 1 jn Ro Mexico 1842. C r.m Bot. mag 



This very splendid species was first discovered in Me.xico, whence it was 

 sent to the Continent, and afterwards reached England through Ghent. It 

 should be cultivated like the other lately introduced plants of this genus ; and, 

 according to Paxtoii's Magazine, it " requires a light nutritive soil composed 

 of fresh loam and a large proportion of leaf mould, or a somewhat less amount 

 of decayed manure. It must not be stinted for pot room, and should be 

 started into growth in a stove or pit supplied with bottom heat, where it 

 may be kept till it is about to flower. When in a flowering state, it may be 

 gradually removed to a warm greenhouse or cool stove, where it will bloom 

 profusely." {Paxt. Mag. of Bot., Aug. 1843 ; Bot. Mag., Mav, 1843; and 

 Bot. Reg., Aug. 1842, Misc.) 



multiflbra Gard. many-flowered [Q] pr 1 au P Brazil 1842. S co Bot. mag. 3993. 



This species, though not so showy as most of those lately introduced, is 

 yet very pretty, and has a singular appendage on the limb of the corolla : in 

 other respects, it bears so much resemblance to some of the kinds of Gloxinia 

 that it might easily be mistaken for a species of that genus. {Bot. Mag., Jan. 

 1843.) 



hirstita Lindl. A very handsome species with large, rich, rose-coloured 

 flowers ; a native of Guatemala. {Bot. Reg., Oct. 1843, Misc.) 



1702. GLOXI'N/J 



tubiflbra Ifoo/f. tube-flowered E] cu 5 au W South Brazil 1841. D co Bot. mag. 3971. 



This is a very singular species, from the great length of the flower tube, 



which is often 4 in. long. The flowers are white and downy, and they are 



produced in very great abundance. The plant partakes more of the habit of 



a Gesnerza than of a Gloxin/a. {Bot. Mag., Oct. 1842.) 



1797. COLU'MNE^ 



splendens Pa.ii. splendid !t^ □ cu 2 n S Brazil 1841. C co Paxt. mag. bot. vol. x. p. 5. 



This species is also called Columnew grandiflora and Nematanthus Guille- 

 mmidna, and it certainly appears to belong to the latter genus in the shape of 



