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Makoy of Liege, as a Vaccinium from Caraccas. It flowers, in a cool greenhouse, in May, and is 
equally handsome in foliage and in flower. — Bot. Mag,, 4314. 
Onobrychis radiata. A native of stony hills, in the region of Caucasus, common ahout 
Tiflis, flowering in summer. It is a showy plant, conspicuous from its racemes of white flowers, 
with a central yellow spot. In our gardens it is a hardy, herbaceous perennial, which grows about 
one foot in height, and succeeds best when planted in a rich sandy loam, and in a situation which 
is rather dry, particularly during winter. It is increased by seed, and the young plants will not 
flower before the second season. — Bot. Reg., 37. 
Ophrys tabanifera, and Ophrys ferrum equinum. These two species of Ophrys were 
collected by the late Dean of Manchester, were figured a day before his death, and were to have 
been illustrated by himself. His brief and imperfect memorandum tells us that 0. tabanifera was 
found by his collector Vrioni, near Clarentia, a low and swampy place. 0. ferrum equinum, so 
called because of a horse-shoe mark on the lip, is from Corfu, where it was gathered by himself on 
the summit of the Garouna Pass. — Bot. Reg., 46. 
Pentstemon Gordoni. This charming species was raised by Edward Leeds, Esq., of Man- 
chester, from seeds given him by Mr. Shepherd, of the Botanic Gardens, Liverpool, and which had 
been collected by Mr. Gordon in the valley of the Platte River, on the east side of the Rocky 
Mountains. In many respects it resembles the Pentstemon speciosus, an inhabitant exclusively of 
the Oregon territory, west of the Rocky Mountains ; but that has much narrower leaves, a less 
leafy panicle, deeper coloured flowers, a larger calyx, and above all, the anthers and sterile 
filaments glabrous. It seems to be quite hardy, but is impatient of much moisture, and should be 
kept dry from November until February. It flowers in June, when the large sky-blue flowers 
render the plant a very beautiful object. — Bot. Mag., 4319. 
Puya Altensteinii ; var. gigantea. Some time ago this plant was received at the Royal 
Gardens of Kew, under the name of Pitcairnia undulatifolia, and was published by Sir William, 
under that name, at t. 4241. — Bot. Mag. The same was afterwards sent from Berlin, under 
the name of Puya Altensteinii ; Messrs. Lucombe and Pince, of Exeter, have since flowered 
it, and it proves to be a truly magnificent plant, sending up a flowering spike five feet high, clothed 
with deep crimson bracts and yellowish white flowers. — Bot. Mag., 4309. 
Spir^a pubescens. A small grey shrub, with little hemispherical umbels of pure white small 
flowers, having a slight fragrance. In habit it may be compared to a weak JSjnrcea opulifolia. 
It appears to be nearly hardy, grows about two feet high, and flowers freely in any good garden 
soil.— Bot. Reg., 38. 
Salvia leucantha. This rare and remarkable Salvia possesses, in its numerous flowers, in 
the rich violet or lavender-coloured tomentum of the calyx, and the pure white of the corollas, a 
beauty which cannot well be represented on paper. It is a native of Mexico, from whence it was 
introduced to the Continent in 1825, and has now been first brought to the greenhouses of this 
country from a garden at Nice, by Lady Smirke, Great Stanmore, Middlesex, in whose collection 
it flowered in June, 1847.— Bot. Mag., 4318. 
Trichonemata Gr^eca. Dr. Lindley regrets being unable to furnish particulars respecting 
two pretty Triclwnemes, figured under the above head, which were collected by the late Dean of 
Manchester. One, the T. subpalustre, with blue and white flowers, was found at Salonica, and in 
the Ionian Islands ; and the other, T. pijlium, with white and yellow flowers, was found at 
Navarino. — Bot. Reg., 40. 
Viburnum macrocephalum. This beautiful plant exists in the Garden of the Horticultural 
Society, where it has flowered, having been received in June, 1844, from Mr. Fortune, who found 
it in Chusan and at Shanghae. Mr. Fortune speaks of it as follows : — " This noble species was 
also found in the gardens of the rich in the north of China, and will probably prove perfectly 
hardy in England. There is a tree of it in a garden in the island of Chusan, at least twenty feet high, 
which in the month of May every year is covered with its snow-white blossoms. When grafted it 
blooms on small plants in pots, and is not unlike a white Hydrangea, by which name it is known 
amongst the Chinese." It is certainly one of the finest hardy shrubs that have been introduced. 
Even in the greenhouse and in a pot its beauty is conspicuous. Hitherto it has been grown in a 
mixture of loam and sandy peat. — Bot. Reg., 43. 
