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rising" to the height of three feet or more. The calyx, which constitutes the chief 
beauty of the flower, is of a pale purple, copiously hairy on both surfaces. It is a 
Caliiornian species, discovered by our lamented friend Mr. Doug-las, by whom it 
was sent to the Horticultural Society. It should be grown in a soil composed of 
peat and loam; and will, doubtless, readily increase by cuttings. Si^it. Fl. 
Gard., 340. 
EUPHORBIACE^ (THE EUPHORBIUM TRIBE). 
PoiNSETTiA pulcherrima. Showy Poinsettia. This truly splendid plant 
was discovered by Mr. Poinsette, in Mexico, and sent by him to Charleston in 
1828, and afterwards to Mr. Buist of Philadelphia; from Mr. Buist, it was brought 
by Mr. James M'Nab to the Botanic Garden Edinburg-h, where it flowered twice 
last year, and again in February of the present year. " Nothing can be more 
ornamental in the stove. The rose-like whorls of hractece which terminate the 
branches, have been seen on the large plants cultivated at Philadelphia as much as 
twenty inches across, and equal in colour to the finest tints of Hibiscus Rosa 
Sinensis. The rich scarlet bractecBy represented in the plate accompanying the 
description, measure upwards of seven inches across. It is highly deserving a 
place in every collection." JBot. Mag., 3493. 
A brief account will be found in another part of the present number of our 
Magazine, of the treatment we apply to our plant at Chatsworth. 
LABIATE (mint TRIBe). 
Physostegia truncata. Blunt-calyxed Physostegia. A hardy annual with 
an erect stem, from eight or ten inches to a foot in height, with flowers of a purple 
rose-colour. It was found by Mr. Drummond in 1833 and 1834, about San Felipe 
de Austin, who communicated specimens and seeds to Europe. Bot. Mag., 3494. 
GENTIANEiE (tHE GENTIAN TRIBE). 
Gentiana auiNCiUEFLORA. Five-flowered Gentian. A pretty little annual, 
growing from nine to twenty inches high, producing a numerous quantity of pale 
lilac-coloured flowers at the extremity of the stem and branches, generally from 
three to five together. It was raised at the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, from seeds 
sent by Mr. T. Churnside, nurseryman of New York, and flowered in the green- 
house in the end of October. Bot. Mag,^ 3496. 
ONAGRARI^ (the EVENING PRIMROSE TRIBe). 
Fuchsia discolor. Port-Famine Fuchsia. This plant produces flowers 
much like t'he species gracilis, but difl'ers in the colour of the stem. It was found 
in Port Famine, in the Straits of Magellan. Bot. Mag., 3498. 
LEGUMINOS^ (the PEA TRIBe). 
Kennedya macrophylla. Large-leaved Kennedya. A beautiful green- 
house twining shrub, introduced by Sir James Stirling, from Swan River in New 
Holland, and raised by Robert Mangles, Esq., of Sunning Hill. In the greenhouse, 
it will make a good twiner for columns, &c. ; but a preferable mode is, to twine its 
