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NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 
FIGURED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL PERIODICALS FOR JULY. 
CLASS I PLANTS WITH TWO COTYLEDONS (DICOTYLEDONEiE). 
THE RANUNCULUS TRIBE (RANUNCULACE^). 
Delphinium intermedium ; Var. pallidum. Pale-blue variable Larkspur. 
This is a lovely variety of D. intermedium. It grows seven feet high in rich 
ground, with a firm stem of a delicate glaucous green ; its leaves are thin and desti- 
tute of the smallest trace of hairiness, while its long branched racemes of nodding 
sky-blue flowers, give a most graceful appearance to the terminations of the 
branches. It differs from the common form of the species in the perfect naked- 
ness even of the leaves, and in the lobes of the small hairy lateral petals being 
more rounded, or perhaps shorter than usual. Bot. Reg. 1969. 
THE PEA TRIBE (LEGUMINOSiE). 
Psoralea orbicularis. Round-leaved Psoralea. A hardy herbaceous plant, 
with long tough slender creeping stems, from which the leaves spring up on stalks 
about six inches long, ovate-obtuse leaves, and purplish pink flowers. It is a 
native of California, whence seeds were sent by Mr. Douglas. It flowers in June 
and July. Bot. Reg. 1971. 
Spartium acutifolium. Sharp-leaved Spanish Broom. Whether this is 
more than a variety, I cannot say. It appears to be a distinct species ; for its 
leaves are not only longer and taper pointed, instead of being rounded at the point, 
but the racemes are more lax, and the manner of growth more graceful. Otherwise 
. it is like the Spanish Broom. It was raised in the garden of the Horticultural 
Society, from Turkish seeds, and proves a hardy shrub, with fragrant flowers. 
Bot. Reg. 1974. 
lobeliace^e. 
Siphocampylus bicolor. Two-coloured Siphocampylus. A perennial suf- 
fruticose plant, with slightly angular branches, and alternate finely serrated greenish 
leaves. Flowers solitary, of a beautiful scarlet and yellow colour. It was introduced 
by Mr. A. Gordon, from Georgia, United States, and is considered quite hardy. 
Brit. Fl. Gar. 389. 
Spartium junceum; var. odoratissimum. Fragrant Broom. This variety 
is distinguished by its more slender and spreading habit, more silky leaves and 
shoots, and, lastly, by its smaller and more fragrant flowers. It is equally hardy 
with the common variety, and the flowers are still more fragrant. Brit. FL 
Gar. 390. 
THE BALSAM TRIBE (BALSAMINEiE). 
Impatiens scapiflora. Stemless Balsam. This is a very interesting plant, 
with roundish cordate smooth leaves, and handsome flesh-coloured flowers, termi- 
nating round a scape, from a span to eight or ten inches high. Bot. Mag. 3587. 
