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NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
In order that out readers may be able to judge of the faithfulness of the com- 
position of clay ornaments now manufactured for sale, we subjoin a plate, repre- 
senting ; first, a Grecian leaf- vase, No. 1 ; a plain Etruscan vase, No. 2 ; an 
Oriental Lotus vase, No. 3 ; a plain Grecian moulded vase, No. 4 ; and a Gothic 
column for a horizontal sun-dial. No. 5. 
NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 
FIGURED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL PERIODICALS FOR FEBRUARY. 
CLASS L— PLANTS WITH TWO COTYLEDONS (DICOTYLEDONE^). 
THE EUPHORBIUM TRIBE {EuphorUacecB). 
Euphorbia Veneta. Venetian Euphorbia. The specimens from which the 
drawing of this fine half-shrubby evergreen plant was made, were communicated 
by the Lion. W. F. Strangways. It is a trailing plant, growing about two feet 
high, producing its dingy green flowers from the axils of the leaves. It is found 
inhabiting the vicinity of Venice, the country about Nice, Genoa, and elsewhere in 
the same part of Europe. Flowers during the summer months. Bat. Reg. 6. 
THE MYRTLE TRIBE {MyrtacecB). 
Callistemon microstachyum. Small-spiked Callistemon. This is a beau- 
tiful New Holland plant, which flowered for the first time in Europe in the garden 
of William Harrison, Esq., of Cheshunt, in March, 1837- The species is readily 
distinguished by its spreading narrow leaves and small spikes of rich vivid crimson 
flowers. Bot. Reg. 7- 
COMPOSITiE. 
MoRNA nivea. Snow-white Morna. A very pretty annual, producing its 
snow-white flowers in the greenhouse from May to August. It grows about 
eighteen inches high, and was raised in the garden of R. Mangles, Esq., from Swan 
River seeds. This species difi*ers from M. nitida, in the scales of the flower-heads 
being white and quite entire. Bot. Reg. 9. 
THE BEAN TRIBE {LeguminoscB). 
Chorozema cordata. Mr. Mangles's Chorozema. A very pretty plant, 
native of the Swan River colony, and raised in the garden of R. Mangles, Esq. 
It is a rapid growing plant, being two feet and a half high when only twelve 
months old, and appears as if it would produce its yellow purple flowers in abun- 
dance. It flowered in April. Bot. Beg. 1 0. 
LOASACE^. 
LoASA lateritia. Red-flowered Loasa. A singular and truly beautiful 
climbing plant, mostly hispid and stringing, especially the slender stem, which is 
upwards of twenty feet long. It was raised in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, from 
seeds sent there by Mr. Tweedie, which he collected in Tucuman. The plants 
