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unornamental. It is a hardy perennial herbaceous plant, growing about a foot 
high, with luxuriant foliage, and comparatively small solitary flowers, the chief 
beauty of which resides in the rich red colour of their disk, and the large, densely- 
set, yellow stamens encircling five green and prominent carpels. Dr. Lindley 
mentions it as a novel instance of a Pc&onia being found in America, this genus 
having hitherto been supposed to be restricted to the old world. It was first 
discovered by the late Mr. Douglas " near the limits of perpetual snow, on the 
sub-alpine range of Mount Hood in North-west America; according to Torrey 
and Gray it was met with (subser^uently) by Nuttall, east of the Blue Mountains 
of Oregon, not in subalpine situations." It flowers in May, and is treated as the 
other species. Bot. Reg. 30. 
THE BEAN TRIBE {Leguminosce). 
LiipInus hartwegii. Mr. Hartweg's Lupin. One of the finest and most 
handsome Lupins that w^e have yet seen. With a very robust habit, and attaining 
generally the height of two or three feet, it produces a long spike of brilliant blue 
blossoms, equal in splendour to the most showy of its kind. The whole plant 
appears to be peculiarly hairy, the leaves obtuse, and, in the younger stages of 
the flowers, they are furnished at their base with attenuated, hairy bracts, more 
than an inch in length. Mr. Hartweg, botanical collector to the Horticultural 
Society, found this valuable plant growing in corn-fields, in the Mexican territory, 
and forwarded seeds to the Society just named, by whom they have been distri- 
buted. Being a half-hardy annual, it requires to be sown in heat, and managed 
artificially till the season permits of its plantation in the open border. Bot. Reg. 3L 
THE SYRINGA TRIBE {PMladelphacece). 
Philadelphus gordoniAnus. Mr. Gordon's Philadelphus. Like most other 
plants of this genus, the present species has white blossoms, but these are large, 
exceedingly profuse, and, relieved as they are by the deep green foliage, 
highly interesting. They are said to lack that peculiar odour, to some persons 
productive of such unpleasant sensations, which characterizes the rest of the species; 
being, as Dr. Lindley observes, " nearly scentless." " It is readily known by its 
small deeply serrated leaves, its nearly superior fruit, its broad-spreading calyx, 
and by the compact manner in which its flowers are arranged." This is one of the 
many plants introduced by Mr. Douglas to the gardens of the Horticultural 
Society ; that individual having found it growing on the banks of the Columbia 
River. On account of its late season of flowering, and the number and size of its 
blossoms, it is probably the best species known in this country. Bot. Reg, 32. 
CLASS II.— PLANTS WITH ONE COTYLEDON (MONOCOTYLEDONE^). 
THE LILY TRIBE {Liliacece). 
Bessera elegans. Elegant Bessera. A singularly beautiful little bulbous 
plant, a native of Mexico. It was first sent to Britain by John Parkinson, Esq., 
