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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW OR BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL PERIODICALS 
FOR DECEMBER AND JANUARY. 
Achime v nes multiflo x ra. " This very beautiful stove plant inhabits dry banks, in woods, on 
the Serra de Santa Brida, and near Villa de Arayos, in the province of Goyaz, Brazil; and seeds 
were sent home from thence by Mr. Gardner, its discoverer. The plants flowered first at the Royal 
Botanic Garden of Glasgow, and then at Kew. The autumn has been its season of blossoming 
with us, and it continues long in that state, a succession of flowers continually expanding. The 
fringe on the limb of the corolla is extremely variable. The whole habit of the species is so 
extremely like that of Gloxinia icthyostoma, that it seems contrary to nature to place it in a 
different genus ; but Mr. Gardner observes that the bifid stigma, and entire annulus of this plant, 
prove it to belong to AchimenesP According to Mr. Gardner, it is an annual species, with a simple 
stem, opposite ovate coarsely-serrated leaves, and very numerous axillary flowers, which are large, 
and of a pale lilac tint. Bot. Mag. 3993. 
Bego v nia cocci'nea. " Unquestionably the most beautiful of the many handsome species of 
Begonia now known to our collections, and apparently a free flowerer. It was imported by 
Mr. Veitch, of the Exeter Nursery, from the Organ Mountains of Brazil, that rich storehouse of 
vegetable beauties, being there detected by Mr. Lobb, in 1841. It blossomed at Mr. Veitch's 
nursery soon after it was received, namely, in April, 1842, when it was exhibited at the 
apartments of the Horticultural Society. When the plants become larger, and the blossoms, 
consequently, more copious, it will be a truly splendid species ; and, like most of the Begonias, its 
flowers continue a long time in perfection." The plant seems to have a shrubby dwarf habit, 
with a rather stout knotted stem. The leaves are alternate, very unequal, between ovate and 
oblong, concave, thick, and fleshy, and having the margin many-toothed, and bordered with red. 
The peduncles are entirely red, having red branches and red bracts. The blossoms are 
bright scai-let. Bot. Mag. 3990. 
Bosske'a virga'ta. " A Swan River species, detected and introduced to this country by 
Mr. James Drummond, by seeds, received by Mr. Murray, in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, where 
the plant flowered in June, 1842. The species is perhaps most nearly allied to B. scolopendrium 3 
and to B. ensata ; but may be known from both by its bearing leaves, and pretty copiously, at the 
same time with the flowers. These flowers are highly ornamental, and the plant has a very 
lively appearance when in blossom." The blooms are small, of a yellow and red or reddish brown 
tint. Bot. Mag. 3986. 
• Cle'matis cceru^lea ; var. grandiflo'ra. The flowers of this fine variety are said to be twice 
the size of those of the species, and their colour, too, is more inclined to be purple. In other 
particulars, it is the same as C. ccerulea. Bot. Mag. 
Cobu v rgia versicolor. " This beautiful plant is the produce of the excursions of J. Maclean^ 
Esq., over the Peruvian Andes from Lima, where he did not see it in flower, and the exact place 
of its growth is not noted. The large species of Coburgia are found deeply imbedded in rich 
alluvial soil, in the clefts on the summits of rocks, and on the edge of precipices. They flower 
sparingly in their native land, and much difficulty has been found in making them bloom in 
Europe. Those who cultivate the bulbs for sale, may plant them in the open ground, taking them 
up to lie dry during the winter ; but, on the mountains where they grow, the temperature varies 
less than with us, and the principal division of seasons is dry and wet. There the Coburgia preserves 
its leaf often the whole year, and flowers in the heat of December and January, which answers to 
our June and July, and that period has been preceded by the free growth of the leaf. In order, 
therefore, to make the old bulbs flower, we ought to obtain a vigorous state of growth before 
Midsummer, and at that time, if bloom does not appear, place them in a hotter situation." 
C. versicolor has large blossoms, which vary from red to a very pale brownish white, and are 
tinged and marked with green. Bot. Reg. 66. 
Dendro'bium sanguinole'ntum. " Probably there is no plant among all the species of Dendro- 
Uum now known to our gardens which is more delicately beautiful than this. Its colours, too, are so 
