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CLASS I. — PLANTS WITH TWO COTYLEDONS ( D I COT Y LE DO X EM.) 
THE GENTIAN TRIBE {Gentianece.) 
Lisiantitus Russellianus. Duke of Bedford's Lisianthus. An exceedino-ly 
handsome new plant, probably an annual, sent home by the lamented Douglas, 
from San Felipe de Austin, Texas, in 1835. The plant grows from one to two feet 
high, and has rich purple flowers as large as a tulip, which continue in beauty for 
a period of three weeks. Sir William Jackson Hooker thinks there can be no 
doubt but under proper management, by flowering early in the spring, and planting 
out in the open border, this plant will then perfect its flowers as readily as the 
Phlox Drummondi. Bot. Mag. for January, 3626. 
THE CACTUS TRIBE (Caclece.) 
Echinocactus. tubiflorus. Tube-flowered Spine Cactus. This is a fine 
species, with large white flowers, from Mr. Frederic Mackie's nursery at Norwich. 
Its affinity with E. Eyriesii will be at once perceived ; but from that species it 
differs remarkably in the flower and much deeper angles of the stem, in the very 
much longer and stronger and black spines, collected into fewer fascicles. The 
flower is larger, the tube longer and slender, and clothed with much longer tufts of 
hairs. It is in all probability a native of the same country as E. Eyriesii, namely 
Mexico. Bot. Mag. for January, 3627- 
THE VERVAIN TRIBE ( Verbena eeee.) 
Verbena incisa. Cut-leaved Melindres. Another bold and handsome South 
American Verbena of the Melindres group, for which we are indebted to Mr. 
Tweedie. The stem grows erect but weak, — three feet high, the leaves, deeply 
lobed and cut, especially near the base ; and the flowers a fine rose crimson with a 
yellow eye. Bot. Mag. for January, 3626. 
THE EVENING PRIMROSE TRIBE (Anagraceas.) 
Fuchsia fulgens. The glowing Fuchsia. This is a lovely plant of Mexican 
production, which Dr. Lindley speaks of in the following words : " It is difficult to 
conceive anything more brilliant than the appearance of this species, when its rich 
vermilion-coloured flowers are formed beneath the influence of a Mexican sun ; 
but if it is grown in a shaded situation, with too much heat and moisture, the 
bright colours inevitably fade, and the plant is deprived of half its beauty. It will 
no doubt prove a robust shrub, of easy culture, growing freely in a mixture of 
loam and peat in the greenhouse : cuttings of the young wood will strike freely 
in sand under a bell-glass on a moderate hotbed. It is probably as hardy as H. 
Arborescens, and perhaps like that species not enough so to stand the winter, or 
to flower well in the open border, but it will certainly grow and flower freely in 
the greenhouse, and it is by no means impossible that it may even succeed in the 
open air in good summers, in a warm sheltered situation. Bot. Reg. for January \ 
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