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NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 
FIGURED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL PERIODICALS FOR OCTOBER. 
CLASS I. — PLANTS WITH TWO COTYLEDONS (DICOTYLEDONEiE). 
THE CROWFOOT TRIBE {Ranunculacecs). 
Delphinum intermedium ; w. sapphirinum. Sapphire blue variable Lark- 
spur. A most beautiful variety, of rather dwarf habits, and producing its flowers 
in dense profusion. The sepals of the flowers are of a brilliant blue colour, with 
a slight stain of violet down the centre, and also on the back. Dr. Lindley records 
his belief in a somewhat extraordinary circumstance related respecting Delphi- 
niums, viz. that a great number of different species may be raised from the seed of 
one and the same plant ; a fact which, if well authenticated, proves the great 
advantage of raising these plants from seeds. It is recommended to sow the seeds 
in pans of earth, in preference to the open ground, as they are some time before 
they germinate, and are liable to rot if they are not preserved from any superfluity 
of moisture. Bot. Reg. 52. 
Helleborus lividus. Corsican Hellebore. One of the least showy of hardy 
herbaceous plants, but producing a number of large greenish-yellow blossoms, and 
having large, ternate, and deeply dentated leaves. It is a native of Corsica, and 
has been erroneously considered a North American plant, which has occasioned the 
application of another name — H. argutifolius — but the plant so named and the 
present species are perfectly identical. It is said to be of rare occurrence, and was 
obtained from the Hon. W. F. Strangways. Bot. Reg. 54. 
THE GALTUM TRIBE (Galiacece). 
Crucianella stylosa. Long-styled Crucianella. This very ornamental little 
herbaceous plant was first discovered by the Russians upon rocks in the moun- 
tainous districts of the province of Ghilan, in Persia. Dr. Lindley considers it is 
not a species of Crucianella, but retains the name on the authority of M. Decan- 
dolle. It is a very suitable plant for planting in beds in the flower garden, in 
company with the species of Verbena, and when thus treated, its numerous clusters 
of bright pink blossoms are exceedingly attractive. Its usual period of flowering- 
is the months of June, July, and August, and it grows to the height of a foot or 
eighteen inches in a moderately rich soil. Bot. Reg. 55. 
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