208 
PLANTS FIGURED IN THE PERIODICALS FOR AUGUST. 
Species tmth the colour of the flowers purple. 
Four inches. 
Gloxinia speciosa. 
Nine inches. 
Gloxinia caulescens. 
— maculata. 
Portulaca Gilliesii. 
Eighteen inches. 
Barbacenia purpurea. 
Three feet. 
Marica Sabini. 
Species with the colour of the flowers white. 
Four inches. 
Gloxinia speciosa alba. 
— Candida. 
Three feet. 
Crinum amabile. 
Crinum cruentum. 
— angustum. 
Twenty feet. 
Littaea geminiflora. 
Besides the above the greater part of the stove species of Amaryllis y 
Pancratium, Alstromeria and Ipomcsa, deserve a place in any collection. 
NEW AND RARE PLANTS FIGURED IN THE PERIODI- 
CALS FOR AUGUST. 
Botanical Register. Edited by Dr. Lindley. Each number containing 
eight figures : coloured 45., plain 3^., and corresponding letter-press. 
Botanical Magazine. Edited by Dr. Hooker. Each number containing 
eight plates : coloured 35. 6c?., plain 35., and corresponding letter-press. 
British Flower Garden. Edited by Mr. David Don. Containing four 
plates : coloured 35., plain 25. 3c?., with corresponding letter-press. 
Florists' Magazine. By F. W. Smith. Containing four monthly plates 
highly coloured : large size 45., small 2s. 6d. 
Of the above twenty-four monthly figures, we have only selected such as are 
new or very rare ; and amongst these only such as deserve to be extensively 
cultivated. For descriptions and figures reference must be made to the works 
themselves. 
I.— PLANTS WITH TWO COTYLEDONS. 
ORDER RANUNCULACE^ ; OR, RANUNCULUS TRIBE. 
PcEONiA Moutan punicea. Red-flowered tree pceony. This is most 
probably a seedling from Anneslei, as it agrees with that variety in habit, and m 
the uniform rich colour of its petals. The flowers, however, are larger than m 
that variety, with the petals more numerous, more deeply cut, and of the colour of 
carmine. It requires the same culture and treatment as the other varieties from 
PapaveracecE. Brit. Fl. Gard., 297. 
THE APPLE TRIBE (POMACES). 
Crat^gus Mexicana. Mexican Hawthorn. This new and very distinct 
species of hawthorn will form a valuable addition to our hardy shrubs ; producing 
