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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
terminating the shoots. Individually, they are rather too small, compared with other parts, to 
be considered showy ; but this is sufficiently atoned for, by their astonishing numbers. It is a 
shrubby species, with very stout short jointed wood, and large ovate leaves, frequently a foot long. 
It was imported from Bengal some years back, and a specimen is flowering with Messrs. Rollisson 
of Tooting. It requires to be grown in a stove, and as it produces an abundance of strong 
roots, it will also be necessary to furnish it with a roomy pot. 
Lo'asa lu'cida. The peculiarity which has prompted the specific name of this plant, the 
glossy brightness of its leaves, is also a most agreeable feature in its general aspect. The chief 
portion of the flowers is white, enlivened in the centre with bright yellow and crimson. It is 
apparently an annual species, and has a climbing habit. Trained neatly round a small wire 
trellis, studded over with its lively-looking blossoms, it is an interesting object in a greenhouse. A 
plant has been flowering nearly all the summer in a greenhouse at Messrs. Henderson's nursery, 
Pine-apple Place. 
LoBE^LrA fu'lgens, var. Two beautiful and very superior varieties of this showy herbaceous plant 
have been raised by G. Symons, Esq., of Lyme Regis, Dorset, and flowered lately in the nursery 
of Messrs. Veitch and Sons, of Exeter. L. fulgens mult'ifiora has downy leaves and very large 
flowers ; it produces a multitude of spikes, varying from two to three feet high. L. fulgens 
pyramidalis has bright glossy leaves, and rather smaller, though richer and deeper- coloured 
blossoms. It is a very strong and vigorous grower, the majority of the spikes rising about four 
feet. They are decidedly two of the most magnificent hybrids yet produced. 
Lupi^NUS pube'scens. There is a great similarity amongst the herbaceous species of Lupines ; 
the present, however, seems to be well distinguished by the numerous downy hairs which 
completely cover both stems and leaves. The flowers are borne in very long spikes, and are of a 
deep rich violet blue. It was introduced to the gardens of the Horticultural Society by Mr. 
Hartweg, who discovered it about Quito. 
Spara'xis Wa'ttii. Amongst a large collection of bulbous plants, received late last spring 
from the Cape of Good Hype, by R. Mangles, Esq., of Sunning Hill, Berks, was a new species of 
Spai'axis, bearing the foregoing specific title. It flowered a short time ago, and proves to be a 
very showy kind, nearly allied to S. bicolor, but very diff'erent in colour. The flowers are elevated 
on a slightly flexuose scape, and have a long tube elbowed at the throat, after which it gradually 
dilates, and is divided at top into a spreading limb of six segments, the three uppermost of which 
are the largest, and of a deep violet hue, a trifle paler towards the base ; the lesser and lowermost 
three are turned up at the margins, and have a beautiful lemon-coloured centre, margined with 
rich violet ; the throat also is lemon-coloured, and streaked very distinctly with narrow 
dark lines. 
We here insert some notes that were made last month, but for which there was not room 
in the previous number. 
Eleoca'rpus cy'aneus. It is seldom that we have the opportunity of witnessing well-flowered 
specimens of this plant, and its beauty, when covered with blossom, is, consequently, little known. 
A noble plant, five or six feet high, is flowering in the Chiswick Gardens. The stem and branches 
are literally encased with racemes of small white fringed and pendulous blossoms. This snowy 
moss, peeping from between the large elliptical foliage, has a peculiarly engaging look. The 
specific name refers to the fruit, which is blue, in form and size something like that of the 
Billardiera scandens, but is rarely produced in this country. The supposed and most probable 
cause of the unusual abundance of flowers was the extreme drought, heat, and light to which the 
specimen was exposed last year. 
Gompholo'bium I A new species is flowering at the Nursery of Messrs. Lowe, 
Clapton. It was raised from Swan River seeds, received from Mr. Drummond, about two years 
ago. Like G. Hendersordi (lately figured), it has a rigid erect habit, with heath-like foliage, and 
cairies its flowers in tufts, at the extremity of the shoots. It appears to grow more freely, and 
will probably be increased with greater facility. 
Gloxinia macrophylla. Messrs. Lowe have plants in flower of this handsome species, 
imported from the Brazils by Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter. It diff"ers from G. speciosa 
in having much larger leaves, and those are also glaucous at the veins. The flowers are large, 
of a deep violet colour, and very pretty, but only slightly difi*erent from G. speciosa. 
