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season upwards of two hundred blossoms, of the size and colour represented in our plate. The first blossoms borne 

 in Europe were produced in March, 1849; and the original plant again commenced flowering in January, 1850, and 

 continued to produce blossoms till the end of June. Young plants are also reported to flower freely.— Gardener's 

 Magazine of Botany, ii., p. 177. 



Verbena trieidi. KuntJi. A sweet-scented perennial, with white flowers, from 

 the temperate parts of America. Blossoms in the autumn. Introduced from Santa 

 Martha by His Grace Hugh Duke of Northumberland. (Fig. 103.) 



A dwarf herbaceous plant, growing about a foot high, with the habit of V. tuberosa ; covered all over with short 

 hairs, which give a grey tint to the deep green surface. The stems are four-cornered. The leaves are stalkless, 

 opposite, rather curved downwards, nearly three-lobed or five-lobed, in consequence of the middle lobes having two 

 lateral divisions. From the axils of the principal leaves several smaller regularly three-lobed ones also arise, pro- 

 ducing the condition which botanists call fasciculated. The flowers are pure white, extremely sweet, in oblong 

 hairy simple or compound heads. The lobes of the calyx are awl-shaped, those of the corolla are oblong, nearly 

 equal, and blunt or refuse. The species is found wild both 

 in Mexico and New Granada, but can hardly be called 

 a shrub, as it is stated to be by M. Schauer. It pos- 

 sesses little beauty, but its fragrance is delicious, and it 

 seems destined to aid in founding a family of sweet- 

 scented brilliant bedding plants ; for there is no reason 

 to suppose that it will refuse to cross with the gay 

 varieties now such universal favourites. 



Lysionotus serrata. Amongst the many- 

 handsome Gesnerads known to gardens, this 

 appears to be little known. It does not pos- 

 sess the brilliant colour of Gesnera Cooperii, 

 G. Donckelaarii, and others of the higher 

 coloured species and varieties, but neverthe- 

 less it is a desirable plant. It seems to 

 succeed well at Kew with sub-tropical treat- 

 ment; the roots require to be dry in the 

 winter, but must not be kept too cold, or 

 in a damp place, or they will be liable to 

 perish. From the Himalaya and Khasia 

 mountains. 



Stems one to two feet high. Leaves four to ten 

 inches long, opposite and whorled, elliptic or oblong- 

 lanceolate ; petiole half to one inch long. Flowers in 

 drooping long-peduncled axillary corymbs. Calyx 

 one-quarter to half an inch long, five-partite ; segments 

 lanceolate, spreading. Corolla one and a half inches 

 long, hairy, funnel-shaped, pale lilac or blue with darker 

 blue veins. Capsules three to four inches long, very 

 slender ; valves membranous. — Botanical Magazine, 

 6538. 



Oncidium planilabre. Linclleij. A 

 hothouse Orchid from Brazil, with yellow 

 and brown flowers. Introduced by the 

 Horticultural Society. Flowers in August. 



