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the Horticultural Society, in whose gardens it has been raised and flowered. The 
leaves and blossoms are, in a great degreee, of the common character and colour ; 
the former being narrow, ensiform, and glaucescent, the latter principally purplish 
blue and yellow. Clusters of two, three, or more flowers, (which are slightly 
larger than those of the well known /. sihirica,) surmount each of the stems, and 
as they yield an agreeable fragrance, the species is worthy of general culture. 
It proves to be perfectly hardy, since some specimens remained exposed without 
injury in the Horticultural Society's Gardens, during the winter of 1837-8. A 
rich loamy soil is the most suitable, and divisions of the old stock soon form 
excellent plants. Bot. Reg. 1. 
Lasiandra petiolata. From the Berlin Botanic Garden, this splendid plant 
was received at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, in 1836, under the name here 
given ; but Sir W. J. Hooker supposes it to be the L. maximiliana of Martins, 
and a native of Brazil. It is an extremely handsome stove shrub, growing about 
five feet high, with weak branches, and strongly nerved, very hairy leaves, the 
hairs of which ultimately assume a fulvous hue. The flowers are deep blue, large, 
and highly ornamental, while the conspicuous bunch of white stamens in their 
centres, with the long tortuous filaments, have a very singular appearance. The 
species blooms most profusely in a moist stove through the months of June and 
July, requiring the same treatment as the genus Melastoma^ and being easily 
multiplied by cuttings. Bot. Mag. 3766. 
Passifl6ra mooreana. Mr. Tweedie, of Buenos Ayres, discovered this 
perfectly distinct Passion-flower in different tracts of the interior of that country, 
and transmitted seeds to Britain in 1837. From some of these, which were 
germinated in the Botanic Garden at Glasnevin, Dublin, plants were successfully 
flowered by Mr. Dugald Moore, after whom it is named. It is related to P. 
Tucumanensis and P. coerulea ; to the latter of which it is likewise supposed to 
assimilate in hardihood, being presumed capable of enduring the open air in our 
own clime. The stems are somewhat vigorous, apparently angular, and furnished 
with curling tendrils. The leaves are almost sessile, deeply divided into three long 
segments, and serrated all round their margin. The colours of the flowers are 
nearly akin to those of P. coerulea. Bot. Mag. 3773. 
Pentlandia miniata ; vars. lacunosa et sulivanica. Two exceedingly 
pretty bulbous plants, with bright red flowers, and diflJcring but very slightly ; 
the former having small glands on the outside of the tube of the perianth, and the 
other being destitute of them. The genus is established by the Hon. and Rev. 
W. Herbert, in honour of J. Pentland, Esq., Consul General at Peru, by whom 
the variety lacunosa was obtained at Q,uispicancha, near Cusco, in Peru, and sent to 
this country. It has flowered in the collection at Spofforth, and we have also seen 
it in bloom at Mr. Knight's, Chelsea, where it is called the Red Narcissus. The 
native country of the last variety is uncertain, it having been introduced to Britain 
by Commodore Sullivan, from some unspecified western district of South America. 
