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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW OR BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL PERIODICALS 
FOR NOVEMBER. 
/Esciiyna'nthus minia'tus. " This plant is readily distinguished by its very short, dish- 
shaped calyx, which has scarcely any distinct marginal lobes, and its vivid vermilion-coloured 
flowers, with a yellow star in the throat. It yields to none in beauty, and is much finer than 
Vander Bosch's iEschynanth, lately imported from Belgium. It seems to be identical with the 
Sincapore plant, formerly distributed by Dr. Wallich under the name of jE. radicans ; but it can- 
not be the species of Dr, Jack, which has villous leaves and a tubular shaggy calyx, with a five- 
lobed mouth. It is probably, however, the Trichosporum radicans of Blume, a common Java 
plant, which M. Alphonse De Candolle has suspected to be a different species from that of 
Sumatra." — Bot. Reg., 61. 
yEschyna'ntiius pu'lcher. " To this splendid plant we alluded under an equally handsome 
species, JE. Lobbianus, figured in our last Number, tab. 4261. It was sent from Java to Mr. 
Veitch of the Exeter Nursery, by his collector, Mr. T. Lobb, under the name here adopted, and is 
probably known in that island as the true species so called, otherwise we should scarcely have 
guessed it to be the same plant, since that species comes into De Candolle's division, e pedunculis 
axillaribus biflorus.' The description, however, is in that particular at variance with that of the 
section, for the peduncles are said to be < fasciculated, axillary, and terminal.' It is chiefly dis- 
tinguished from jE. Lobbianus by its broader leaves, shorter tube of the calyx, quite glabrous and 
very much more exserted tube of the corolla. It flowers in June and July, and was exhibited at 
the Chiswick Horticultural Show about that period." — Bot. Mag., 4264. 
Bo'lbophyllum umbella'tum. " This pretty Orchideous plant was presented, with many other 
varieties, by Dr. Wallich to the Royal Gardens of Kew, where it flowered in August, 1846. It is a 
native of northern India, of Nepal, and the Khasiya hills, and recommends itself to our collections 
by its prettily-spotted flowers and the curious column and lip."— Bot. Mag., 4267. 
Cle'matis cri'spa. " The plants cultivated in gardens, or mentioned by modern authors under 
the names of C. viorna, crispa, reticulata, cylindrica, rosea, &c., present a scene of confusion such 
as is rarely seen even among Botanical compilations. Everybody has every one of these things, 
but each has something different from his neighbour. This has arisen from the unskilful, not to 
say careless, manner in which the modern writers on Clematis have fulfilled their task. We 
entertain no doubt that the species now produced is that of Dillenius, with whose account it 
exactly agrees. The sweet-scented flowers, pale purple, and contracted in the middle, the crisp 
edge of the sepals, the long, narrow leaflets, are all characteristic, and the condition of the fruit, 
which we have not seen more than three-quarters ripe, is not at variance with it. It has been 
re-introduced to gardens by Messrs. Maule and Sons, of the Stapleton Road Nurseries, Bristol, to 
whom we are indebted for our specimens. It was raised by them from North American seeds, 
marked 1 a new sweet-scented Clematis? and it well deserves that name, for its fragrance is most 
agreeable, especially towards evening. It flowers incessantly during all the summer, that is to 
say, from May to October, and it seems likely to go on blooming as long as it remains in a growing 
state ; on account of its constant flowering we had called it C. semperflorens, until we ascertained 
that it was the real old long-lost C. crispa. It is in all respects a charming hardy species." 
Synonyme, C floro crisped— Bot. Reg., 60. 
Eucalyptus Preissia'na. "A handsome tree-like shrub, with the foliage fragrant (like that 
of the Myrtle) when bruised, and flowers of rather a large size, rendered more conspicuous by the 
copious yellow stamens, spreading far beyond the diameter of the cupula. It is a native of 
Western Australia, whence seeds have been sent from De Preiss, of Swan River, to the Royal 
Gardens of Kew, and dried specimens both by him and by Mr. James Drummond. De Preiss's 
specimens are more distinctly indicated as natives of Cape Riche (No. 209, Preiss Herb.), and as 
rising to a height of eight feet. Our plant flowered in the summer of 1846, where it had attained 
a height of five feet. It thrives in a cool greenhouse, and in the summer is the better for standing 
in the open air."— Bot. Mag., 4266. 
Garde'nia Devonia'na. " This glorious plant is a native of Sierra Leone, whence living 
