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i^'LORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
THE HONEYSUCKLE TRIBE {CaprifoUacecs). 
Leycesteria FORMOSA. Figures of this ornamental shrub have appeared 
simultaneously in the January Numbers of the Botanical Register and Botanical 
Magazine. In the latter the leaves, and in the former the flowers, are best 
represented. The character of the plant, as developed in an artificial climate, 
is far from being so good as the accounts of Indian botanists had led us to anti- 
cipate. The foliage is large and handsome, and the flowers appear to be produced 
numerously in terminal pendent racemes ; but the most showy feature is the large 
bractese at the base of the flowers, which are beautifully veined and tipped with 
crimson. Dr. Lindley suggests that this latter character may be more prominently 
exhibited as the plant becomes older, and more inured to our system of cultivation. 
It is a native of the Himalaya mountains, and is figured and described by Dr. 
Wallich in his admirable work on the Asiatic Flora. Plants have been raised in the 
Garden of the Horticultural Society, from seeds transmitted by Dr. Royle from India. 
It is found to be a hardy evergreen, requiring a considerable degree of moisture, and 
a situation slightly sheltered and shaded, though the colour of its bracts would most 
probably be heightened by exposure to solar light. Propagation is effected by cuttings 
or layers. 
THE FIGWORT TRIBE (Schrophulariacece). 
CoLLiNSiA HETEROPHYLLA. Yariable-leaved Collinsia. A charming annual, 
closely resembling C. licolor in general appearance, and in the colours of its flowers. 
Indeed, so striking is the similarity, that Sir W. J. Hooker himself almost 
questioned the propriety of considering it a distinct species. The principal points 
of difference are, that the present plant has its low^er leaves divided into segments, 
its calyx covered with coarser hairs, the divisions of the corolla more rounded, 
the lobe of the middle lip nearly acute, and the border to the upper side of the 
throat almost entire. The flowers are also larger and more showy. This species 
was discovered by Mr. Nuttall in the vicinity of the Columbia river. North 
America, and seeds were forwarded from Mr. Buist of Philadelphia, to the 
Experimental Garden, Edinburgh, whence plants were obtained which flowered 
during the summer of 1838. It is justly considered to be the handsomest species 
of the genus. Bot. Mag. 3695. 
THE MINT TRIBE {LamiacecB). 
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Leonotis NEPETJ5P0LIA. Catmiut-leaved Leonotis. The beautiful clusters 
of bright scarlet flowers which are formed in such dense profusion around each 
articulation of the stem, impart to this plant a most ornamental character. 
Otherwise it has little to recommend it to general notice, the foliage being rather 
coarse and straggling, and the plant frequently growing too vigorously if kept in 
the stove. We have seen it cultivated, however, w^ith much greater success in the 
greenhouse, and in this situation it has formed an interesting object. It inhabits 
various places on the continent of India, and the adjacent islands, but is also found 
in Brazil, Trinidad, and Demerara. Flowers are produced freely in the summer 
months, if the plant is afforded a due degree of light. Bot. Mag. 3700. 
