544 
NEW PLANTS AND SHRUBS. 
high, with singular hatchet-shaped leaves, and 
bearing its flowers in short close racemes from 
the axils of the leaves, so as to form a leafy 
spike ; they are butterfly-shaped and exceed- 
ingly handsome, variegated with several 
colours (orange, red, green, black) and very 
copiously produced in the spring months. It 
is a native of the Swan Eiver settlement, 
whence it was sent to Kew about 1843. 
Delphinium venustum, Maund, (comely 
Larkspur.) — Ranunculaceoe § Helleboreaa. — 
A herbaceous perennial, growing two feet 
high, and upwards, with roundish deeply lobed 
leaves, and upright racemes of handsome lilac- 
coloured flowers, which are produced in 
August. It was raised in 1840, from Indian 
seeds, in the Birmingham Botanic Garden. It 
is not very hardy, but seeds freely, and is 
easily propagated. 
Deutzia staminea, Wallich, (wing- 
stamened Deutzia. ) — Philadelphaceze. — A 
small hardy shrub, with deciduous ovate lanceo- 
late stalked leaves, and terminal corymbose 
panicles of white flowers, larger than those 
of hawthorn, produced very freely in May. It 
is a native of the Himalayas, and was intro- 
duced in 1841. 
Diastemma ochroleuca, Hooker, (pale 
yellow Diastemma.) — Gesneraceas § Gesnerese. 
— An erect branching herbaceous stove plant, 
with opposite hairy ovate leaves, and terminal 
panicles of numerous straw-coloured flowers, 
about an inch long, with a spreading limb 
something more than half an inch wide. It is 
rather pretty, and bears its flowers freely in 
the summer months. It is a native of Santa 
Martha, in New Granada, and was introduced 
by Mr. Purdie in 1844, and produced flowers 
in 1846. 
Didymocarpus crinita, Jack, (hairy 
Didymocarpus.) — Gesneraceae § Cyrtandrese. 
— A handsome erect stove plant, with a short 
herbaceous stem, rugose reddish lanceolate 
elongate leaves, from the axils of which proceed 
the flowers, which are white, pentstemon- 
like, and have two orange-yellow streaks on 
the lower part of the tube inside. It is a 
native of woods in the island of Penang, and 
in Malacca, and was introduced by Messrs. 
Veitch, of Exeter, in 1845. It is also called 
Henckelia crinita. 
DiELYTRASPECTABrLis,Z)e Candolh, (showy 
Dielytra.) — Fumariaceoe § Fumarieae. • — A 
supposed hardy herbaceous perennial, with 
tufts of finely divided leaves, from among 
which springs the flower stem, which bears 
three or four axillary racemes of beautiful 
rose-coloured flowers ; the stems grow a foot 
and a half high, and the racemes of flowers are 
from four to six inches long ; it blooms in 
May. Introduced in 1844 by Mr. Fortune, 
from gardens in the north of China. 
EdGWORTIIIA CHRYSANTHA, LindleiJ, 
(golden-flowered Edgworthia). — Thymelaceas. 
— A pretty greenhouse, or half-hardy shrub, 
with rod-like stems, bearing at the top, ex- 
clusively, the deciduous oblong- lanceolate 
leaves, eight or nine inches long. The flowers 
are bright golden yellow, covered with very 
thick soft hairs on the outside, and collected 
into heads of about two inches in diameter at 
the ends of the branches. It has not yet 
bloomed in this country. Sent from Chusan 
by Mr. Fortune in 1844. The genus Edgwor- 
thia is closely allied to Daphne. 
Epacris dubia, Lindley, (doubtful Epa- 
cris.) — Epacridaceae § Epacreae. — A doubtful 
species ; it is a greenhouse shrub, with linear 
lance-shaped pointed leaves, and small white 
flowers, which are produced in the spring. 
Its history seems to be altogether obscure. 
Epacris hyacinthiflora, of gardens. — 
This is a hybrid plant, of free robust habit, 
and producing large, waxy, lilac-rose-coloured 
flowers. These flowers have more resem- 
blance to those of a single Hyacinth than 
might be imagined in a shrubby plant. It 
appears to have been raised by the Messrs. 
Henderson, of the Pine-apple nursery. 
\ Epacris impressa, var. fulgens, (fulgent 
Epacris.) — This variety differs from the well- 
known Epacris impressa chiefly in the colour 
of its flowers, which, instead of the original 
light rose-pink, are of a deep crimson colour. 
It is by far the best coloured variety of this 
pretty greenhouse shrub that we have seen. 
It was raised a year or two since by Mr. 
Fraser, of Lea-bridge road. 
Eranthemum albiflorum, Hooker, 
(white-flowered Eranthemum.) — Acanthaceas 
§ Justiciadae. — A shrubby stove plant, with 
large opposite, sessile, obovate-oblong leaves, 
and having the shoots terminated by tapering 
elongated racemes, either solitary or two or 
three together, copiously furnished with clus- 
tered white flowers. It was raised from seed 
received from Bahia in 1844 (?) and blooms 
in the autumn ; it will form a useful plant for 
growing in contrast with the blue flowered 
species. 
Erica jasminiflora, var. vittata. — Eri- 
caceae § Ericese. — A pretty seedling heath, 
raised by Mr. Barnes, of Bromley, in 1845 (?); 
it has inflated tubular flowers, contracted at 
the mouth, flesh-coloured, with a few deeper 
streaks. 
Erica jasminiflora, var. WTiartoniana. 
— A handsome seedling heath, in the way 
of E. jasminiflora, with flesh-coloured inflated 
flowers contracted at the mouth ; it was raised 
by Messrs. Bollisson, of Tooting, in 1845 (?). 
Erica Swainsoni, var. injiata. — A hand- 
some hybrid heath, raised by Messrs. Rollis- 
son, of Tooting, in 1845 (?). It is something 
