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bright pink towards the outside, with shading and dark spots on the upper petals, * ' Of course, a 
hardy shrub : but we believe not at present in the hands of the trade." Bot Reg. 62. 
Saxifra^ga cilia^ta. " This plant, of the section Berginea, and very nearly allied to ^S*. ligulata, 
is, like that species, a native of the mountains of Northern India." Dr. Royle says it is " found 
on the Mussoree and Duen Range, at lower elevations than .S". ligulata. The leaves are ovate and 
obtuse at both ends, extremely hairy on both, but especially the under surface and along the 
nerves ; the peduncle is slender ; the inflorescence an erect, but lax-spreading panicle ; the calyx 
gamosepalous, and cup-shaped at the base, and consequently less deeply divided than in S. ligulata, 
with the lacinire entire, and not ciliate, and the petals more unguiculate." "It must be con- 
fessed," adds Dr. Lindley, "that the plant now represented does not agree altogether with this 
description ; in particular, it wants the hairiness of the leaves spoken of by Dr. Royle : but we 
ascribe this difference to cultivation. In fact, the plant in the Garden of the Horticultural Society, 
from whence the drawing was made in March, 1843, was raised from seeds sent under the name 
of S. cil'iata, from the Botanical Garden at Saharunpur. We must remark, that Dr. Walpers 
has a second S. ciliata, from India ; the latter being S. imhricata of Royle. S. ciliata is a robust 
hardy perennial, requiring the same soil and treatment as S. crassifolia ; but when planted in the 
open border, it must not have a situation which is damp in winter, or fully exposed to the sun in 
summer. It is easily increased by dividing the old plants ; or by seeds, which should be sown 
when ripe in pots filled with sandy peat and a small portion of loam. It flowers about May, in 
the open border." Bot. Reg. 65. 
Spirjs'a reevesia'na. " This plant, which was introduced from China by Mr. Reeves, whose 
name it bears, is generally supposed to be the S. lanceolata of Poiret : but that species is described 
with axillary sessile umbels, and must therefore be difi'erent. It is certainly Roxburgh's S. 
corymbosa, a name, however, which, being preoccupied by Rafinesque, cannot well be retained. 
Probably, it is also the No. 701 of Dr. Wallich's Indian Herbarium, and if so, may be a native of 
the mountains of India, as Dr. Roxburgh states. The leaves on its strong young shoots are so 
deeply lobed as to be almost pinnatifid. On the branches, when the plant is young, they are 
frequently three-lobed ; but as it becomes old, they lose their lobed character altogether. It is a 
handsome hardy sub-evergreen shrub, growing in any good garden soil, from three to four feet 
high. It is easily increased from cuttings of the small half-ripened twigs, any time during the 
summer or autumn. The cuttings should be put in sand, and covered with a bell glass, and placed 
in an exhausted dung frame. It forms a spreading bush, and flowers freely in May and June. 
It probably would be quite evergreen in the warmer parts of England." The flowers are white, 
and collected into terminal heads, Bot. Reg. 10. 
Sta'tice rytidophy'lla. " A very beautiful species of Statics, and easily cultivated as a 
hardy greenhouse plant ; but of its history, I regret to say, I can get no satisfactory information. 
The Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew are indebted for the possession of it to Mr. Low, of Clapton ; 
and it exists in several gardens under the name of ;S'. Dicksoniana [S. Dickensoniana']. Mr, Mackay, 
of Dublin, informs me," writes Sir W, J. Hooker, " that he has raised it from South African seeds, 
given him by Mr. Harvey, and that he understood it to come from Port Natal. But I find 
nothing of the kind among my own specimens from that part of the country ; and although Mr. 
Harvey is aware that he brought to Mr. Mackay seeds from the Cape of Good Hope, he had no 
reason to suppose that the collection contained any from so distant a region as Port Natal. 
Respecting its native country and introduction we must still remain in doubt ; but there can be 
no question about the beauty of the species, or its merit as a standard plant for cultivation." As 
it had become so familiar by the name of S. Dickensoni, in consequence of having first flowered 
with Mr. Dickenson, a provincial nurseryman, we can hardly see the propriety of giving it a 
fresh appellation. Bot. Mag. 4055. 
Stigmaphy'llon jatroph^fo^lium, '* According to M, Auguste de St. Hilaire this little plant 
is an inhabitant of rocky places near the foot of Salto, on the banks of the Uruguay, in the province 
of Rio Grande do Sul, where it creeps over the surface of the soil. The figure was taken from a 
fresh branch, sent, last July, anonymously from Liverpool, to the Editors of the Gardeners* 
Chronicle. We, therefore, conclude that it will soon make its appearance in the collections round 
London. No doubt it will be a very pretty twiner, well suited for cultivation in pots attached to 
trellis. Its leaves are a clear light green, and beautifully cut ; it appears, however, that they are 
