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Sarcoste'mma campanula v tum. A shrubby greenhouse climber, supposed to be a native of 
Peru. " Its broad cordate leaves and large yellow campanulate flowers are strikingly different 
from those of other previously described Sarcostems, to which M. Decaisne reduces the Phili- 
bertias, more especially the base of the leaves being very deeply heart-shaped, with the lobes almost 
overlapping, is very different from what is found in S. solanoides and grandiflora." — Bot. Reg., 36. 
Theophra'sta ju'ssi^ei. " A stately unbranched plant, with something of a Palm-like habit ? 
the upper part being comose, or crowned with a tuft of leaves, and bearing in the centre of those 
leaves a pretty large cluster of good-sized flowers. Few have had the opportunity of studying 
this, save from dried specimens, yet it has occupied the attention of some of our ablest botanists, 
and is considered worthy (by Don and De Candolle), in conjunction with Clavija and Jacquinia, 
and two or three less known genera, to form a distinct order, Theophrastacece, allied on the one 
hand to Myrsinacece, on the other to Sapotacece. Our present species, and the only known one of 
the recognised, is a native of St. Domingo, and of course requires the heat of a stove to bring its 
blossoms to perfection. The fruit, so far as I am aware, does not ripen in our collections, but is 
well represented, from dried specimens, by Dr. Lindley, in the figure above quoted." Theophrasta 
Henrici and T. Americana are synonymes. — Bot. Mag., 4239. 
NEW OR INTERESTING PLANTS RECENTLY FLOWERED IN THE PRINCIPAL METROPOLITAN 
NURSERIES AND GARDENS. 
Achime'nes Lie'pmannii. — This differs from A. grandiflora in being rather more slender 
growing, in having much less broad leaves, and very much more vivid and paler flowers, without 
the large whitish blotch at their throat, which is conspicuous in those of that species. The Messrs. 
Henderson, of Pine-apple Place, had a fine plant in bloom, at the last exhibition of the Royal 
Botanic Society, and we have since observed it at the Horticultural Society's Gardens. 
iEsCHYNA / NTHUs Boschia'nus. — A very interesting species, with slender trailing stems, oval or 
ovate, opposite leaves, and bearing numerous large axillary and terminal clusters of dark scarlet 
flowers, which have a deep greenish-purple tubular calyx, and large tubular curved corolla, with 
a four or five-cleft limb, and a whitish blotch at its throat. It is allied to JE. puldier, first 
flowered, early in the year, in the collection of R. G. Lorraine, Esq., Wallington Lodge, whose 
gardener exhibited a plant in bloom at the recent Chiswick Show, as also did the Messrs. 
Henderson, of Pine-apple Place ; their plant was also at the Royal Botanic Society's last show. 
JSschyna'nthus. — Among other new plants sent to the last Chiswick Exhibition, by the 
Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, was a member of this genus, having acuminate, opposite leaves, purple 
on their margins and at their apex. The flowers are produced in terminal clusters, have a deep 
tubular dark-coloured calyx, densely beset with short, white, bristly hairs, and a corolla of a dull 
crimson colour, covered with hairs of the same hue, similar in their nature to those of the calyx. 
It is a deserving species, with fine foliage, resembling also, in general character, ^E. pulcher. 
Calyste v gia pube'scens. — This is a Convolvulaceous plant, with large, double, pale lilac flowers, 
one of Mr. Fortune's introducing. It is a very ornamental greenhouse climber, with sagittate 
alternate leaves, and axillary flowers, which are borne all along its twining stems in great profusion. 
We first observed it in flower at Messrs. Rollisson's, Tooting, and plants in bloom have since been 
sent to the Regent Street Rooms, and the last exhibition at Chiswick. 
Cu'phea corda'ta. — Messrs. Veitch had, at the recent Chiswick meeting, a fine specimen of 
this plant, gay with its wholly scarlet flowers. It is free growing, and has ovate leaves, and rather 
large panicles of flowers. 
Cle'matis glandulo'sa. — This is a fine climber, with strong-growing stems, which are purple 
at their joints, and cordate, opposite, large, green leaves, and very numerous short racemes of 
flowers, on long peduncles, dark purple and white. The interior portion of the flower is of the 
latter colour, and the sepals are dark purple on their insides, and greenish -brown on their outsides. 
We learned from the Messrs. Veitch, whose importation it is, and who sent it to the recent 
Chiswick exhibition, that they have it doing well in the open air, where it may be expected to 
become a valuable summer climber, if even it does not prove hardy. 
Dendro'bium. — Mr. Mylam, gardener to S. Rucker, Esq., Wandsworth, had in his collection 
