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its brim. Being thus potted, too much water can scarcely be given during the growing season. 
The house should be slightly shaded in sunny weather, taking care to keep the temperature as 
near 80^ as possible, and about 68° by night. In autumn, as the young shoots become matured, 
water should gradually be withheld, so that, in winter, the plant may only receive it in fine 
weather. The temperature may then be allowed to fall as low as 50° or 55°." Bot. Reg. 54. 
Elea'gnus parvifo'lia. " Making allowance for the effects of climate, we may identify this 
plant with the Eleagims parvifolia of Wallich and Royle, a shrub from the north of India, of 
which abundant specimens were distributed by the former botanist. They are more gray, 
indeed, and their silvery scales are more abundant, but this is a mere difference in degree. 
Indeed, the Sirmore specimens, from the collections of Webb and Gerard, are as green as our 
own. The Kamoon specimens are more loaded with flowers, which appear, moreover, in short 
dense corymbs, and not singly in the axils of short lateral branches ; but this seems owing to 
nothing more than the abortion of the leaves on their branches, possibly by reason of the crowds 
of flowers that appear in old specimens. It is probably the same as the E. refiexa of the Conti- 
nent, a name for which we find no warrant. The flowers, although small and whitish, and 
therefore inconspicuous, are deliciously sweet. It is a hardy evergreen shrub or small tree, 
succeeding well in any good loamy soil. It flowers freely in June and July, and is only increased 
by seeds or by suckers, which are sometimes produced when the plants become old. It was raised 
in the garden of the Horticultural Society, from seeds received from Dr. Royle." Bot. Reg. 51, 
Gar'denia Sherbou'rni.e. *' A new, very handsome plant, received from Sierra Leone by 
Mrs. Sherbourne, of Hurst House, Prescott, Lancashire, and cultivated in her stove, among 
many other rare exotics, especially tropical fruits and useful plants. * A question may arise,' 
adds Sir W. J. Hooker, * as to the genus in which the plant ought to be placed ; but I agree 
with Mr. Bentham in thinking, that whilst the several sections of Gardenia^ as given by Endlicher, 
are comprehended in our genus, the present plant is rightly placed there. It blossomed, with 
Mrs. Sherbourne, in June, 1842. Mr. Whitfield, who first sent it to that lady, says that in 
Sierra Leone the fruit is an agreeable-tasted berry.' It is a climbing shrub, with handsome 
ovate leaves and large axillary flowers, that remind one of the blossoms of Tecoma jasminoides. 
They are nearly white on the outside, and a deep blood-colour within." Bot. Mag. 4044. 
Hypocy'rta strigillo'sa. " Brazil, which is eminently rich in Gesneracese, has produced this 
fine plant, which belongs to one of Martius's new genera. Hypocyrta, as its name implies, is 
distinguished by a peculiar gibbosity or inflation of the under-side of the corolla, so as to give 
the appearance in form of a pouter pigeon. All the species, however, have not their inflation so 
remarkable as our present one, which belongs to the section called Oncogastrum, while the other 
section, with a more campanulated corolla, is called Codonanthon. The species are found, appa- 
rently, throughout tropical Brazil, some inhabiting the putrescent trunks of trees, while others 
are found luxuriating on the fat soil of the ant-hills. The present individual was imported by 
Mr. Veitch, of Exeter, having been sent home by his collector, Mr. Lobb, from the Organ Moun- 
tains of Brazil. Martins found it in the province of Minas, and also in the Sircore Mountains, 
province of Bahia. It bears a near affinity to H. hirsuta ; but that has obovate leaves, and 
apparently a differently formed corolla. H. strigillosa flowered in Mr. Veitch's stove, in May, 
1843." It is a neat evergreen downy shrub, bearing showy scarlet flowers in the axils of its 
lanceolate fleshy leaves. Bot. Mag. 4047. 
Leta'nthus nigre'scens. " The genus Leianthm was founded by Griesbach upon the 
Leianthus longifolms, and with that plant our present one is undoubtedly a congener, and 
remarkable for the colour of the flower, approaching more nearly to black than any," writes Sir 
W. J. Hooker, "with which I am acquainted. Probably Chamisso and Schlechtendahl, in 
naming it nigrescens, had an idea that it became black only in drying ; and Griesbach and Don 
ever speak of the flowers as white, or greenish yellow, in the recent state. Such is not the case, 
however j they are of as rich a deep blue, or rather purplish -blue black, as a flower can well be. 
But this singularity is not their only recommendation : they are large, graceful in form and 
inclination, (drooping like a Fuchsia,) so numerous as to form a large panicle, two or three feet 
high, and a foot and a half broad ; a great many are in beauty at one time, and they continue in 
perfection for a very long time, if kept cool r.nd protected from the too-powerful rays of the sun. 
Indeed, with us, in a shady greenhouse, its flowers h^ye been equally profuse and perfect for a 
