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NEW PLANTS AND SHKUBS. 
wort.) — Composites § Asteroideoe. — A hardy 
shrubby Aster, with whitish willow-like or 
lanceolate leaves, and paniculated corymbs of 
small bluish-lilac daisy-like flowers ; not very 
showy, but very numerously produced during 
August and September. It grows about a 
yard high, and is an interesting addition for 
the front parts of shrubbery borders. It is a 
native of the north of India, and was raised in 
1842 from seeds distributed by the Hon. East 
India Company. 
ASYSTASIA COROMANDELIANA, NeeS, (CorO- 
mandel Asystasia.) — Acanthaceas § Euellidse. 
— A somewhat shrubby stove plant, with zig- 
zag branches, opposite ovate-cordate leaves, 
and short axillary racemes, bearing from six 
to ten flowers. The latter are funnel-shaped, 
with a long tube, which is green, sprinkled with 
purple dots, and a deep lilac limb two inches 
across. It is an autumnal flowering plant. 
Messrs. Henderson appear to have introduced 
it, probably in 1845. It is a native of India. 
It bears also the following names : — Ruellia 
obliqua, R. secunda, var., R. intrusa, R. co?*o- 
mandeliana, and Just icia Gangelica. 
Atkopa acuminata, Royle, (pointed- 
leaved Deadly Nightshade.) — -Solanaceaa § 
Curvembryse. — A hardy perennial, growing 
four feet high, and much like the Atropa Bel- 
ladonna, but with firmer and narrower leaves, 
very much tapered to the point. The flowers 
are dull pale yellow, produced in June and 
July. The berries are quite like those of the 
common kind. Native of Chinese Tartary, 
at an elevation of 12,000 feet. Introduced in 
1845. 
Azalea indica, var. Conqueror. Ericacete 
§ lihododendreas. — A large pale red-flowered 
variety, of good form, raised by Mr. Barnes of 
Bromley. 
Azalea indica, var. Gledstanesii formosa. 
— A slight variation from A. Gledstanesii, 
which is one of the best kinds in cultivation, 
and is white, with a few streaks of red. It 
was raised by Mr. Pawley of Bromley. 
Azalea indica, var. alba magniflora. — 
A seedling raised by Mr. J. Green, of Cheam. 
It has large white flowers, singularly and de- 
licately marked with a few streaks of rosy 
purple. Though a useful variety, it has not 
much permanent merit, being very much in- 
ferior in form to some other Indian azaleas, 
such as lateritia, variegata, &c. 
Azalea indica, var. violacea ehgans. — 
This was also raised by Mr. Green, and is in- 
ferior in point of form to the preceding. It is 
of a pretty clear lively purple or violet colour, 
which constitutes its chief merit. 
Azalea obtusa, Lindley, (blunt-leaved 
Azalea.) — A very handsome greenhouse shrub, 
of compact habit, with evergreen oblong obtuse 
hairy leaves, and numerous flowers of a rich 
glowing red, scented like the sweet-briar, and 
produced in spring. It was introduced from 
Shanghae in China in 1846, by Mr. Fortune, 
to the Horticultural Society. It is probably 
half-hardy. 
Azalea ovata, Lindley, (ovate-leaved 
Azalea.) — This is a beautiful shrub, differing 
from all the other Chinese azaleas; for instead 
of having pale green hairy leaves, these are 
hairless and dark green. They are abruptly- 
ovate, or in some cases almost heart-shaped. 
Mr. Fortune, who sent it from China in 1844, 
found two varieties in Chusan, " one with 
white, the other with pink or lilac flowers, 
both spotted and very beautiful." In the Chi- 
nese drawings sent by Mr. Fortune, the flowers 
are represented of the form and size of the 
Rhododendron davuricum, growing in clusters 
at the end of the branches. Its hardiness is 
not determined, but seedling plants stood the 
frosts of last autumn without injury. 
Azalea squamata, Lindley, (scaly 
Azalea.) — This is a handsome green-house 
shrub, with oval leaves, hairy when young, 
but smooth when old. In its natural state it 
blooms without leaves, producing at the end 
of every little shoot one or two large flowers 
of a clear rose colour, distinctly spotted with 
crimson on one side, and guarded at the base 
by a large sheath of bright brown scales. 
Mr. Fortune sent it from the mountains of 
Hong Kong. It has been long known, from 
dried specimens and Chinese drawings, but 
was not introduced until 1845. 
Balsajiina latifolia, De Candolle, 
(broad-leaved Balsam.) — Balsaminace<e. — A 
handsome annual plant from the East Indies, 
cultivated in 1818, but apparently lost till re- 
introduced by Messrs. Veitch of Exeter, in 
1 845. It grows from one to two feet high, 
slightly branching, with opposite (sometimes 
whorled) ovate leaves, and large pale red, 
flat expanded flowers, with a deeper coloured 
eye, and a very long spur ; they grow singly 
from the axils of the leaves. It will require 
to be cultivated in a cool stove or warm 
greenhouse. 
Berbeeis Fortuni, Lindley, (Mr. For- 
tune's Berberry,) — Berberidaceaj § Ber- 
beridese. — A very striking evergreen shrub, 
supposed to be hardy, having pinnated leaves, 
of three or four pairs of leaflets and an odd 
one ; the leaflets are about four inches long, 
and narrowly lanceolate, which gives it a 
very distinct appearance ; the flowers are 
small and yellow, and grow in short terminal 
panicled racemes, and also from the sides of 
the old stems. Mr. Fortune found it in gar- 
'dens in the north of China, and sent it to the 
Horticultural Society, in 1846. He does not 
appear to have met with it in a wild state. 
BOUVARDIA LONGIFLORA, Humboldt, B. 
