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Ion. pallidiflora seems to have the same structure. The 

 same thing is found in the widely different Ion. paniculata, 

 and in I. Gardneri, another Brazilian species (No. 5875 

 of Gardner's Herbarium). In 2. pulchella there are also 

 two ears, but they stand on the lip far in advance of the 

 very small unguis. On the other hand in I. zonalis, a 

 very remarkable plant, with a band of deep violet at the 

 base of the lip, flowered in 1848, by Mr. Alderman Cope- 

 land, there are fom' such ears. 



"Wahlenbergia vjncleflora. Decaisne, 

 (alias Campanula vincseflora Ventenat.) A hardy 

 animal (or perennial), with rich azure blue, 

 white-eyed flowers. Belongs to the Belrworts. 

 Native of New Holland. (Fig. 137.) 



This was originally introduced by the French many 

 years ago, and published by Ventenat in his account of 

 the plants at Malmaison. There it was lost. It has now 

 been recovered, and promises to become a fine decoration 



for our garden. Properly .speaking it is a perennial ; 

 but if so treated, its roots must be taken up and kept 

 in a greenhouse in winter, for it cannot bear frost. It 

 is, however, a very nice hardy annual, flowering about 

 six weeks after being sown, provided it is put into a 

 warm light soil, and the seeds are scarcely covered. 

 The flowers are very pale on the outside, bright azure 

 blue inside, furnished near the middle, and at the base, 

 with a line of very delicate white hairs ; the tube is 

 yellowish. — See Revue Horticol., III., 41, where it is 

 described by M. Decaisne. 



Schcenia oppositieolia. Steetz. A very pretty, hardy, 

 annual from Swan River, with bright rose-coloured flower-heads. 

 Belongs to Composites. Introduced at Kew in 1846. 



" A lovely Swan River annual, quite equal in beauty to the Lawrencella rosea 

 and to the Mhodanthe Manglesii of the same colony. Seeds were sent to us by 

 Mr. Drummond, and our earliest plants blossomed in April, 1846. The genus is 

 founded by Steetz ; and is nearly allied to Heliclirysum, Heiipterum, and still more to Pteropogon of De Candolle, from 

 which it is said to differ by the inner scales of the involucre being appendaged and radiant, by the many-flowered 



