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according to Messrs. Fischer and Steven, is the locality of this plant. M. De Candolle, indeed, 
suspected that it must be different, but he did not remark, in the dried specimens examined by 
him, any character beyond the bluntness of the petals and their general uniformity : and upon 
that distinction he was unwilling to rely. The true difference seems to consist in the very small 
number of carpels, which do not appear to exceed nine ; while, in the great Indian species, they 
are as numerous as 30 or 33." Speaking of N. speciosum and its supposed varieties, he remarks 
as follows : — " I have met with only two sorts on the coast of Coromandel ; one with rose-coloured 
flowers, the other with flowers perfectly white ; and, since that time, a third variety has been 
brought from China with smaller rosy flowers. They grow in such swee water lakes, &c., as do 
not dry up during the driest season ; and, on the coast, flower all the year round. In Bengal 
they flower during the hottest season — April, May, and June, and ripen their seed about the 
close of the rains. The white Nelumbium differs in few respects from the red one, and may be 
considered as only a variety of it." It is a stove aquatic, requiring to be kept dry during winter. 
BoL Reg. 14. 
Pha.'ius bi'color. Discovered in Ceylon by Mr. Macrae, but it is unknown at what period it 
was introduced to this country. The flowers are large and handsome, forming a spike at the 
upper extremity of the scape, the sepals and petals being of a deep chocolate-brown colour, and 
the lip yellowish-white and rose-coloured. Bot. Mag. 4078. 
Phase'olus loba'tus. " The species of Phaseolus are very numerous, and at present 
extremely little known." Mr. Bentbam places the present species in the " Euphaseolus " group. 
" It was raised at the Botanic Garden at Glasnevin, from seeds sent from Buenos Ay res by 
Mr. Tweedie, and flowered in September 1843. Native specimens in my herbarium," writes 
Sir W. J. Hooker, " also from Mr. Tweedie, prove that it is a native of Rio Negro, in the 
Banda Oriental. It is not remarkable for beauty, but the structure of the carina (keel) and of 
the style is very peculiar." It is a twining plant, smooth all over, with ternate leaves and dense 
racemes of yellow flowers. Bot. Mag. 4076. 
Phlo'mis cashmeria'na. " To those who possess no greenhouse, this good-looking plant from 
the vale of Cashmere will be welcome ; for its large pale lilac flowers remain for a considerable 
time in beauty. It is a hardy perennial plant, growing two feet high, and flowering in July and 
August." It was raised in the Horticultural Society's Garden, from seeds received from 
Dr. Royle. Bot. Reg. 22. 
Quisqua'lis sine'nsis. « This plant was exhibited before the Horticultural Society in July, 
1841, by Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., of Exeter, who stated that it was a more compact- 
growing plant than the old Q. indica, and therefore more desirable for cultivation in pots. It 
manifestly differs in its smoother leaves and branches, and in the larger size of its flowers, which 
are, moreover, of a much deeper rose-colour. Upon comparing it with wild specimens of the 
genus, it appears to be identical with the plant that is found about Canton, and which is probably 
the Q. indica of Loureiro." The plant is a stove climber, of easy cultivation. Bot. Reg. 15. 
Schombu'rgkia cri'spa. The species of Scliomhurgkia "have been little examined, except in 
a dried state, for which their fleshiness renders them ill-suited, and hence a difficulty in determining 
their true limits. The present species has yellowish-brown flowers, with scarcely a trace of 
purple, and by that circumstance alone it may be distinguished. Its lip is nearly flat, very little, 
three-lobed, and broadest at the base." It is a native of Demerara. Bot. Reg. 23. 
Troche'tia grandiflo'ra. " This noble plant was introduced by his Grace the Duke of North- 
umberland from the Mauritius, and a seedling plant, about six feet high, flowered at Syon, in 
December last. The blossoms are snow-white, with a yellow blotch at the base of each petal, and 
are nearly three inclies in diameter. Their pendulous position, Avhich occurs in all known species 
of the genus, gives them a peculiarly graceful appearance." Bot. Reg. 21. 
Visca'ria ocula'ta. " Professor Lindley and Mr. Backhouse have rightly judged this to be 
a distinct species of Lychnis (or, as the genus is now called, Viscaria) from L. cceli-rosa. It is a 
native of the north coast of Africa ; and seeds were received by Mr. J. Backhouse, of the York 
Nursery, which produced such beautiful flowers that attention was immediately directed to the 
plant, and it has become a great favourite in our gardens." " It was gathered in Barbary by 
Poiret ; and, though doubtful whether it should be considered a species or a variety, he gave it 
the provisional name of aspera, which should be retained, although that of oculata is, perhaps, 
