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sideration, they are undoubtedly splendid acquisi- 
tions, and when “ brought out” by-and-by, we 
opine will be found surpassing some of the best 
heaths at present foremost in cultivation. 
Zauschneria californica. A superb specimen 
of cultivation of this highly ornamental novelty, 
gaily and profusely decorated with its brilliant 
scarlet flowers, was lately blooming in a pot in the 
open air, in the gardens of the Horticultural 
Society. 
A bed of it was also shown to’' us, and a fine 
thing it unquestionably is for massing ; but valu- 
able as it will prove under any circumstances for 
“ turning out ” purposes, its utility and not im- 
probably ornate character also, will be greatly en- 
hanced for Flower-gardening, if (as Mr. Gordon is 
inclined to suppose) it should eventually be found 
to stand the ordinary severity of our winters in the 
open border with a slight protection. 
Amongst new plants in the gardens of the 
Horticultural Society, we observed the shrub-like 
Pentstemon cordifolius, before alluded to, and 
which Mr. Gordon expects will prove hardy. 
Also — 
Calceolaria cuneifolia, a shrubby species, with 
lemon-coloured flowers in the way of, but the 
corolla not so gaping as the old C. bicolor. 
It was introduced from Bolivia in 1846, and from 
its compact, bushy manner of growing will doubtless 
be found useful for the open air, and the more so, 
because a great fault with the better flowering 
kinds in use for bedding, is their excessive brittle- 
ness, and consequent incapacity to withstand 
rough weather, without being supported artificially. 
NEW AND BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED IN THE BOTANICAL 
PERIODICALS. 
Capparis membranacea. Membranous Caper-bush. 
A new species collected in Mount Victoria, in the island 
of Hong Kong, by Captain J. G. Champion, 95th Regt. 
It belongs to the same section as C. Ceylonica and 
C. horrida , and will range along with C. quiniflora . — 
Hook. Jour. Bot. 242. 
Clematis parviloba, Small-lobed Clematis, dis- 
covered also by Capt. Champion, growing towards West 
Point, Hong Kong. It produces its flowers in Spring, 
and is apparently nearly allied to C. acuminata. 
Dielytra spectabilis. Moutan Dielytra. A fine 
new herbaceous plant, from China, probably quite hardy. 
It was figured by us in our “ Mag. of Bot.” in July, 1848. 
Friesia Chinensis. Chinese Friesia. Collected by 
Capt. Champion in Hong Kong. 
Gaultheria bracteata. Bracteated Caultheria. 
Among the most interesting of mountain plants in the 
tropics and in the southern hemisphere, especially of the 
New World, are the various species of Gaultheria. 
The present one is from the Andes of Columbia, and 
was sent to the Royal Gardens and to Syon by Mr. 
Purdie. It should be grown in light peat soil, and kept 
in a cool airy pit or frame during winter, and in summer 
should not be exposed too freely to the sun in hot 
weather. — Bot. Mag. 4461. 
Lacepedea insignis. Fragrant Lacepedea. A 
really handsome shrub, attaining a height of 14 to 18 
feet, with ample evergreen foliage and panicles of white, 
deliciously scented flowers ; each blossom the size of, 
and in shape not much unlike, a barberry. It is 
a native of Mexico, requires the heat of a stove where 
the flowers come to perfection in May. It is readily 
increased by cuttings, placed in bottom-heat under a 
bell-glass. — Bot. Mag. 4459. 
Mitraria coccinea. Scarlet Mitraria. A very 
handsome hardy shrub, with scarlet tubular flowers, 
figured in the Magazine of Botany , xv., Bot. Mag. 
4462. 
Nematanthus Ionema. Dark blood-coloured 
lonema. This is the most striking of all the species of 
Nematanthus known in cultivation, remarkable for the 
great length of the flower-stalks, the deep blood-colour 
of the corollas, the rich purple of the calyx tube, and 
the pubescence on these latter. It is said to grow in the 
primeval woods of Brazil, between Ilheos and the town 
of San Pedro de Alcantara. It is a succulent climbing 
shrub, and requires the heat of the stove. — Bot. Mag. 
4460. 
Pentaphylax ' euryoides. A Ternstrdmiacious 
plant, a native of Hong Kong, where it was discovered and 
collected by Capt. J. G. Champion. — Hook. Jour. 244. 
Botany of Western Australia, by Mr. James 
Drummond. I have now collected three hundred 
species, principally on the Perongarup and Toolbranup 
hills, and in the vicinity of Cape Riche. To the 
Leguminosce, the most numerous order in Australia, 
1 have made many additions. One of tbe most 
beautiful plants I have seen is, I suppose, a species 
of Gastrolobmm, which I call G. Leakeanum. It grows 
12 to 15 feet high, with opposite leaves 3 inches long by 
2 broad, and bears clusters of large deep-scarlet flowers 
in the axils of the leaves ; it is abundant on Congineerup, 
near the east end of the mountain, growing in all sorts 
of soil, from the base to the summit. The banks of the 
Salt River and its tributary streams produce a fine species 
of Brachysema , allied to B. latifolia, but with larger 
leaves, which have longer points. It is an upright- 
growing plant, producing its flowers on the shoots of the 
preceding season. They are borne on short footstalks, 
five or six in the axils of each leaf ; they are large, and 
bright scarlet. The fine foliage of this plant, silvery 
underneath, and the great number of its flowers, in which 
it differs greatly from the other species of the genus, 
make it one of the finest plants of the order to which it 
belongs. 
I found on the Congineerup a remarkable leguminous 
shrub, bearing, instead of leaves, large glaucous phyl- 
lodia , somewhat resembling Acacia gamophylia , but 
having yellow papilionaceous flowers. I could see 
nothing of the old or young seed-vessels. The plant is 
very rare on the Congineerup, near the east end of the 
mountain. To the Myrtacece , and particularly to the 
sub-order Chamelaucice , I have made most important 
additions. A beautiful and apparently nondescript 
genus, near Actinodium, but differing from it in having 
the outer flowers of the heads forming a ray, like many 
composite plants. I gathered two species of the genus 
in my last journey to the south, both fine plants, but 
the one now found much surpasses the others : it grows 
as an upright shrub, from 2 to 3 feet high, with small 
imbricated, heath-like leaves ; the heads of the flowers 
are borne in corymbs from 1 foot to 18 inches in 
diameter, each head of flowers, including the ray, about 
2 inches wide. Therg is a curious resemblance between 
these heads of flowers and a fine double daisy ( Beilis 
perennis ); the colour varies from white to various shades 
