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NEW PLANTS, ETC., 



cuttings, and may be flowered at any season of the year, by alter- 

 ing the time of starting and resting. 



A very distinct plant, but not so ornamental as many of the 

 other kinds. 



Aug. 16, 1847. 



30. Aquilegia leptoceras. Fischer and Meyer, in the Lin- 



ncea, vol. xii., Litter aturhl. 153. 



Raised from seed received from Dr. Fischer in 1846. 



A dwarf herbaceous plant, not growing more than 9 inches 

 high, with slender purplish green stems thinly coated with scat- 

 tered hairs. The leaflets of the triternate leaves are wedge- 

 shaped, rounded, with about 3 lobes at the end. Each stem 

 bears one or two flowers, on slender pedicels rather more than 

 2 inches long. The flowers are a pale bright violet, with the 

 tips of the sepals greenish, and of the short petals a clear bright 

 straw-colour. 



It is a native of Siberia, beyond the Lake Baical, according to 

 Messrs. Fischer and Meyer, who distinguish it from Aquilegia 

 canadensis by its dilated sepals longer than the petals and sta- 

 mens ; from A. sibirica, by its straight or oblique but never 

 hooked spurs ; and from A. parviflora by the flat petals. 



It is found to be a hardy perennial, growing best in a mixture 

 of light sandy loam and a little leaf mould. It is increased 

 freely by seed sown as soon as ripe. It must be considered a 

 neat and very pretty plant, well suited for rockwork. 



June 10, 1847. 



31. Wulfenia Amherstiana. JBentham, Scroph. indie, p. 46; 



Be Cand. Prodr. 10, 45o. 



Raised from seeds presented by Capt. Wm. Munro, from 

 Chinese Tartary in 1846. 



A stemless pale yellow-green perennial, with slender graceful 

 one-sided drooping spikes of small lilac flowers about eight inches 

 long. The flowers themselves are not more than a quarter of an 

 inch long. The leaves are peculiarly convex as if blistering, 

 very regularly and doubly crenate except near the base, where 

 they become pinnatifid and lose the secondary crenels. 



A hardy alpine perennial, well suited for rock-work, easily 

 cultivated in any good garden soil, and increased by dividing 

 the old plant or by seeds. 



It will be useful for rock-work or other similar situations, 

 where neat little plants are an object. 



July 1, 1847. 



