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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
Echinoca'ctus multiflo'rus. A larger species in every respect, and remarkable for its 
prodigality of blossom. The flowers are nearly white, and bear much the same proportion to the 
size of the plant as those of the preceding. The tubercles, however, and the spines, are larger. 
It is " from the rich collection of Cactuses in the possession of Mr. Palmer, of Stock well, near 
London, who obligingly sent a specimen to Kew on the eve of its blossoming." Its native country 
appears to be unknown. Bot. Mag., 4181. 
Eremosta'chys lacinia v ta. The English name given to this showy herbaceous plant is the 
K Jag-leaved Desert-rod." It " is a common inhabitant of the eastern side of Caucasus and 
the adjoining countries, where it is found on dry hills. Its great fleshy roots are evidently adapted 
to such situations only." Under cultivation it grows to twice the size it attains in a wild state, 
and the leaves are more than as broad again. What it gains in luxuriance, however, it loses in 
attractiveness, for the flowers are smaller and more hidden. " This seems to indicate that the 
plant had been grown in too damp an atmosphere. It appears to be intended by nature to resist 
even a Persian summer." Bot. Reg., 52. 
Garde'nia Stanley v ana.. A noble plant, with erect trumpet-formed flowers eight or nine 
inches long, and nearly five broad, standing on the outside of the plant. They are of a pale 
colour, with the exception of the markings about the throat, which bear some resemblance to the 
Japan Lilies, though not so brilliant. The species is also remarkable for its elegant habit and 
fine foliage. It is a native of Sierra Leone, and may be procured of Mr. Glendinning, of Turnham 
Green. Another species from the same quarter, which Dr/Lindley believes to be amongst the 
unknown plants now in some of the stoves of this country, has somewhat smaller flowers, of a 
leathery texture, and covered over with a close fur. To this plant he has given the title G. Whit- 
fieldii, after the gentleman who discovered it. Bot. Reg. 47. 
Gompho v lobium versicolor ; var. caulibus purpureis. A pretty greenhouse plant from the 
Swan River, raised at the nursery of Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., Exeter. It is a plant of 
an upright shrubby habit, with large richly-coloured flowers. Bot. Mag. 4179. 
Labi'sia pothoi v na. This very singular plant flowered last year in the garden of the Horti- 
cultural Society. It had been received from Penang, without a name, in a collection of curious 
things liberally presented to the Society by T. Lewis, Esq. It was considered a Pothos, or 
some such plant, before it flowered, and no one suspected its being an Exogen. It proves, how- 
ever, to be a new form of Ardisiads, remarkable for its singular way of growth, and because 
" each lobe of the corolla resembles the bowl of a small spoon, in the hollow of which lies a 
stamen. From the appearance of Mr. Griffith's specimens, we apprehend that the plant occupies 
very damp shady situations." It seems disposed to ripen seed, and this will probably be the only 
means of multiplication, as the stems offer no means for the purpose. It requires a stove heat, 
and is grown in loam and peat. Bot. Reg. 48. 
NEW OR INTERESTING PLANTS RECENTLY FLOWERED IN THE PRINCIPAL METROPOLITAN 
GARDENS. 
Anemone japo'nica. A gigantic species, growing as much as three or four feet high, and 
considerably branched at the upper part. The flowers are very showy, being about three inches 
in diameter, and of a beautiful rich crimson-pink colour. It was sent from the north of China 
to Chiswick, by Mr. Fortune, and was lately exhibited at the rooms in Regent Street. It is 
expected to prove hardy, or nearly so. 
Ce'strum aurantia^cum. This plant, as cultivated in the Chiswick Gardens, is decidedly one 
of the finest of autumnal-flowering greenhouse shrubs. It possesses a good habit and fine 
foliage, with clusters of orange-yellow blossoms. The fruit consists of a roundish white berry. 
Heliotro^pium inca^num. A species lately imported from Peru by Messrs. Veitch, of 
Exeter. The flowers are white, and emit a fainter and less pleasing odour than the common 
species ; indeed, it is altogether an inferior plant. 
Indigo'fera deco'ra. A fine plant with handsome pinnate foliage, and delicate pink flowers 
in spikes. It was sent from China, by Mr. Fortune, and has bloomed in the collection at the 
Horticultural Society's Garden. 
