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FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
new and rare plants figured and described in the « BOTANICAL MAGAZINE ” 
AND OTHER LEADING PERIODICALS FOR AUGUST. 
Acacia ixiophylla. A straggling bush, remarkable for the large quantity of viscid glands and 
hairs which cover its branches. The flowers are sweet scented, in small yellow heads, seated on 
short hairy stalks in the axils of the phyllodes. It was raised from seeds presented to the Horti- 
cultural Society by Dr. Henderson, from New South Wales, in December, 1844, and requires 
the greenhouse, thriving in any good rich loamy soil, and flowering freely in March. It is propa- 
gated best by seeds, but may be increased by cuttings in the ordinary way. — Journ, Hort. Soc. iii., 
p. 244. 
Amygdalus persica, Sanguinea plena. This is a semi-double variety of the Peach, with dark 
crimson flowers, and quite hardy. It is a very fine and handsome plant. — Journ. Hort. Soc. iii., 
p. 246. 
Angelonia angustifolia. Narrow-leaved Angelonia, raised from seeds received from Mexico, 
from Mr. Hartweg. It is a half-shrubby stove perennial, growing freely in a mixture of loam, 
leaf-mould, and sandy peat, in equal proportions, with plenty of moistm*e. It is easily increased 
by cuttings, and produces its deep violet flowers from June to October, but afterwards should be 
kept rather dry, particularly during winter. It is a very handsome little plant, and one deserving 
a place in every stove or warm greenhouse. — Journ. Hort. Soc. iii., p. 243. 
Aris^ma Murrayi, Hr. Murray’s Ariscema. Few of the Aroidece are more worthy of cultiva- 
tion than the present, of which tubers were sent to Kew by Mr. Law, of Tanna. It was discovered 
in the valleys of the Bandsda hills, to the south-west of Surat. Reared in the stove, it sends up, 
in early spring, first the very delicate white inflorescence, and afterwards the leaves. — Bot. Mag., 
t. 4388. 
Bouvardia Cavanillesii, Cavanillcs's Bouvardia. A small greenhouse shrub, bearing scarlet 
tubular smooth flowers, nearly an inch and a half long, raised at the Horticultural Society Gardens, 
from seeds received from Mr. Hartweg in January, 1846, from Mexico. In cultivation it is about 
as graceful as a Fuchsia macrostema. Treat the same as for the old Bouvardia triphylla, and if 
rather stunted, flowers are produced freely from the old wood. It should be kept nearly dry all 
the winter. — Journ. Hort. Soc. iii., p. 247. 
Burtonia pulchella. Beautiful Burtonia. A charming species raised by Messrs. Lucombe 
and Pince, of Exeter. It forms a shrub about two feet high, with slender branches, heath-like 
leaves, and the flowers copious and large, terminating the ramifications. It flowers durmg the 
spring and summer months. — Bot. Mag., t. 4392. 
Calceolaria cuneiformis, Wedge-leaved Calceolaria. Raised from seeds purchased from 
Mr. Thomas Bridges, in 1846, and said to be from Bolivia. This, in its wild state, is a stiff, short, 
branched bush, but when cultivated has much larger and softer leaves, and weaker branches. The 
flowers are about as large as those of Calceolaria integrifolia, and of a pale lemon colour. — Journ. 
Hort. Soc. iii., p. 242. 
CiRRHOPETALUM FiMBRiATUM, Fimbriated Cirrhopetalum. A rare and most lovely plant, sent 
by J. E. Law, Esq., to the Royal Gardens, from Bombay, where it is said to be by no means 
common, growing on Ayeen trees, about Parr and the Rotunda Ghaut. Attached to masses of 
Sphagnum, and suspended • from a rafter of the Orchideous House, it bears its most curious green 
flowers copiously in April and May. — Bot. Mag., t. 4391. 
Episcia bicolor. Two-coloured Episcia. A very pretty Gesneriaceous plant, raised from seeds 
sent from New Grenada by Mr. Purdie. It blooms in the stove, and continues throwing up flowers 
for several weeks in succession, many growing together among the ample dark foliage, and of white 
colour, bordered with purple. — Bot. Mag., t. 4390. 
Lithospermum canescens. Hoary Cromwell. Synonymous with our Batschia canescens, t. 151. 
Napoleona imperialis. Imperial Napoleona. A more than ordinary interest has attached to 
this plant, arising partly from the circumstances under which the species was discovered, and 
