14)0 Floricultural and Botanical Notices, 



mix with such dry flowers as the Xeranthemum, Gnaphalium, 

 and £Uchrysum. Seedling plants of Sphenogyne should be 

 raised in a hot-bed, so that they may be transplanted into the 

 borders early in May." [Maund's Bot. Gard., Jan.) 

 Gesneracese. 



1809a. *DRYMO^NIA Martius. Drymonia. (From (fni??zo«2a!, woodland; species inhabits forests.) Ges- 



bicolor Martius two.coloured a_ CZ3 or 6 ... P.Y W. Indies 1806 C l.p Jac. sc. 3. 290. 

 Synonyme : Besleiia serrulata Jacg.j Hort. Brit , No. 16048. 



Asc/epzadese. 



155a. TWEE'D/.^ [mag. 3630. 



60906 *versicolor Hook chmgeaHe-fiowered ^ lAI pr 3 ... B Buenos Ayres 1837 C s.l Bot. 



Leaves opposite, on short petioles, oblong, between cor- 

 date and hastate at the base. A most highly interesting 

 asclepiadeous plant, raised by Mr, Niven of the Glasnevin 

 Botanic Garden, from seeds sent home by Mr. Tweedie. Its 

 large flowers, of a singularly changeable blue colour, remind 

 one rather of a boragineous than of an asclepiadeous plant. 

 In genus, it borders upon Oxypetalum and Tweedm ; but Sir 

 W. J. Hooker thinks it may safely be referred to the latter. 

 {Bat, Mag., Jan.) 



SCHUBE'RT/^ 



*grav6olens Liiidl. strong-smelling ^ A pr Crea. Brazil ... S s.p. 



Sent to Mr. Henderson of the Pine-Apple Nursery, by Lady 

 Wilton, in whose garden it was raised from Brazilian seed. It 

 is a pretty stove twiner, with hairy stems, deep green downy 

 leaves, and large cream-coloured flowers, with a strong but not 

 disagreeable odour. It differs from Schubert/a grand iflora in 

 the leaves being very obtuse, and the tube of the corolla quite 

 beardless inside. {Bot. Beg-, n, s., p. 2.) 



GeJitidLweee. 



483. LISIA'NTHUS 

 4019a *Ii.ussell!(i«us Hook. Duke of Bedford's O or 3 jl.au P Mexico 1S35 s.I.p Bot. mag. t. 3625. 

 Synonyme : L. glaucifdlius Nutt. Fl. Ark., p. 197. (not Jacq.) 



Leaves glabrous and glaucous, opposite and connate, ovate 

 or ovato-oblong, 3 — 5-nerved, very acute, gradually becoming 

 smaller upwards, and more acuminated, till they pass into the 

 subulate bracteas as the base of the peduncle. Flowers large, 

 handsome, borne in a terminal panicle ; corolla as large as a tulip. 

 Specimens and seeds were sent from Texas, in 1835, by Mr. 

 Drummond, accompanied by the remark that they were not to 

 be excelled in beauty by any one. " It was shortly before the 

 period of the arrival of these seeds and specimens," observed 

 Sir W. J. Hooker, " that His Grace the Duke of Bedford, with 

 his wonted liberality, contributed a sum of money, which, had 

 the receiver continued in health, would have materially assisted 

 in forwarding his views in Florida, but which was no less avail- 

 able in a period of pain and sickness immediately preceding his 

 lamented death in Cuba; and I am sure that, in dedicating this 

 splendid plant to so distinguished a patron of science, I shall 



