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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW OR BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL PERIODICALS 
FOR MAY. 
./Egi'phila grandiflo'ra. Sir W. H. Hooker writes : — " Of the native country of this very 
pretty shrub, I regret to say we are ignorant. We are indebted for flowering specimens, in 
December, 1845, to Mr. Henderson, of Pine-apple Place, Kensington, who received plants from 
Mr. Makoy, of Liege, under the erroneous name of yellow Rondeletia ; and about the same time 
also from Messrs. Lucombe and Pince, of the Exeter Nursery. It is quite clear that this is no 
Rondeletia, nor any Rubiaceous plant, but a true JEgiphila, with singularly large yellow tubular 
flowers, well worthy a place in every collection, flowering as it does in the middle of winter in a 
warm stove, and then the flowers are succeeded by the glaucous-blue berries." Bot. Mag., 4230. 
Barnade'sia ro'sea. " This singular and beautiful genus was named, by Linnaeus, in honour of 
a Spanish botanist, Michael Barnadez. Eight species are characterised in the < Prodromus ' of De 
Candolle, but so imperfectly, that though probably the present is included among them, I think 
Dr. Lindley has done wisely in making of it a new species ; and he has given an excellent specific 
character, here quoted, and a very characteristic figure. It is a native of South America, like all 
the other species, but its exact locality is not noted. All that seems to be known about it is, that 
it first flowered in the Duke of Northumberland's collection. With us, it blossoms in the stove in 
the winter months, and is really a plant of great beauty, from the bright deep pink of its flowers. 
I possess specimens of what I consider the same, both from Peru and Brazil, and it probably has 
a very extensive range in the continent of South America." Bot. Mag., 4232. 
Cedro'nilla palli'da. Frederic Scheene, Esq., gave seeds of this plant to the Horticultural 
Society, in whose garden it produced flowers last autumn. It is a native of the North of Mexico, 
and " as a species it is known by its leaves being invariably blunt, and somewhat heart-shaped, 
even next the inflorescence, by their under surface being so closely covered with a very fine down, 
that the little pits or secreting cavities are concealed by the tube of the corolla being very little 
longer than the calyx, and its lobes being rounded." Its labiate flowers are produced in spikes, and 
are pale-red. It is expected to prove a useful flower-garden plant. Bot. Reg., 29. 
Fagopy'rum cymo'sum. A Buckwheat, a native of Chinese Tartary, whence it was received by 
the Horticultural Society from Captain Munro. Of some authors, it is Polygonum cymosum, and 
P. acutatum. " It is a hardy perennial of the easiest culture, growing freely in any common 
garden soil, and increased either by seeds or dividing the roots, It flowers the first season from 
seed, and is well worth cultivating as an annual ; for it blooms freely from July to September, and 
grows from one to one-and-a-half foot hi height, forming a rather spreading bush. Like other 
Buckwheats, it is a favourite resort of bees." Bot. Reg., 26. 
Muss.en'da ma'crophylla. Dr. Wallich found this species on the mountains of Chundragiri 
and Nagaigoon, in Nipal, blossoming during the rainy season, and bearing fruit in winter. Dr. 
Lindley writes : — " Like other plants, it requires a season of rest, and therefore must be kept 
rather dry during the winter ; for, if allowed to continue growing, it will ultimately become feeble." 
Bot. Reg., 24. 
Maxilla v ria macrobul'bon. This species, Sir W. Hooker states, was "sent from Sierra 
Nevada, Santa Martha, by our collector, Mr. Purdie, to the Royal Gardens of Kew. It has some 
characters in common with M. aromatica, Hook. Exot., Fl. t. 219 ; and with M. cruenta, Lindl., 
Bot. Reg., 1842, t. 13. From the former it may be known by the larger size in every part of the 
plant, by the scentless flowers and different shape of the lip ; from the latter, by its small dif- 
ferently-coloured blossoms, by the very dissimilar labellum, and the absence of the crimson blotch 
on its under side." Bot. Mag., 4228. 
Oxyram'phis macrosty v la. Writing of this plant, Dr. Lindley states : — " It is a very pretty 
greenhouse shrub, which flowers in October and November, and grows freely in sandy loam and 
peat. It rises to the height of four or five feet, and loses its leaves in the winter, at which time it 
should be allowed to sink to rest. Its flowers, half crimson and half rose-coloured, are very 
pretty, and appear in short close racemes from every axil. The leaves are much like those of 
