NEW FLOWERS AND PLANTS. 
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pelago. Introduced about 1846 ? Flowers 
in the autumn. Culture. — Requires a stove ; 
turfy peat, leaf-mould, and broken crocks; 
propagated by cuttings planted in light mossy 
soil. • 
Heterotrichum macrodon, Planchon 
(long-toothed Heterotrichum). — Melastoma- 
ceaa § Melastomeas-Miconiere. — A handsome 
but rather coarse shrub, growing from seven to 
nine feet high, but flowering readily when of 
much smaller size. The branches, as well as 
the petioles, peduncles, and calyx, are clothed 
with tawny hairs. The leaves are opposite, 
large, but unequal in size, cordate-ovate acu- 
minate, saw-toothed on the margin, seven- 
nerved, velvety green above, paler beneath. 
The flowers grow in terminal cymes contain- 
ing ten or twelve blossoms ; they are white, 
tinged at the base with red. Native of South 
America. Introduced in 1847. Flowers in 
the autumn. It is the Octomeris macrodon 
(Naudin.) Culture. — Requires a stove ; good 
light loamy soil ; propagated readily by cut- 
tings. 
Passiflora ccerulea, var. Neumannii 
(Neumann's hybrid Passion-flower). — Passi- 
floraceas. — A very good variety of Passion- 
flower, in the way of, but superior to the old 
P. coerulea, from which it has no doubt 
sprung. The plant is evergreen ; the leaves 
five-seven-lobed ; the flowers white, the fila- 
ments of the coronal ray blue at the apex and 
purple at the base. The divisions of the 
perinth are comparatively broader than in 
ccerulea. A garden variety, originated on the 
continent about 1847. Flowers in the sum- 
mer. Culture. — Nearly or quite hardy ; rich 
light loamy soil ; propagated by cuttings, 
planted in sandy soil, and placed in a gentle 
heat. 
Pentstemon Hartwegti, var. Verplanckii 
(Verplancke's hybrid Pentstemon). — Scrophu- 
lariaceas § Antirrhinideae-CheloneaB. — The 
very handsome Pentstemon which is commonly 
known in gardens as P. gentianoides, is not 
the species properly so named. Mr. Bentham 
has consequently given the former the name 
of P. Hartwegii, after Mr. Hartweg, who 
sent it from Mexico. Of this plant there are 
numerous varieties, of which the most distinct 
and handsome are the following : — cocciiieus, 
scarlet ; albus {Ann. Hort. iii. 525), white ; 
diaphanus (Ann. Hort. ii. 37), transparent 
crimson ; miniatus (Ann. Hort. iii. 165), ver- 
milion ; M'Etveni (Ann. Hort. iii. 465), light 
rose ; and the subject of the present notice. 
This differs from the original form in its 
extremely vigorous habit, and in the form, 
size and colour of the flowers, which are large, 
of a beautiful rose colour, white in the throat, 
with the tube funnel-shaped, and the seg- 
ments of the limb wider and more rounded 
than in any other variety, the limb [being 
almost circular. A Belgian garden variety, 
raised by M. Verplancke of Ghent in 1847. 
Flowers throughout the summer. Culture. 
— Nearly or quite hardy, suitable for sumrm-r 
--decoration ; light rich loam ; propagated rea- 
dily by cuttings. 
Pentstemon gentianoides, G. Don (gen- 
tian-likePentstemon). — ScrophuIariacea2§ An- 
tirrhinideoe-Cheloneae. — The true plant, the 
Chelune gentianoides of Humboldt, &c. is ma- 
terially different from that cultivated under 
this name in European gardens. It is a larger 
growing plant, reaching four and five feet in 
height, the branches downy at top ; the leaves 
lance-shaped, entire and glabrous ; the flowers 
in a panicle of one, two, or three-flowered 
peduncles, violaceous, with a short tube and 
large throat, the lower lip beardless. Native 
of Mexico. Introduced about 1845, (1825, 
according to Don's Miller's Diet.) Flowers 
in the latter end of summer. Culture. — 
Hardy ; rich loamy soil ; propagated by cut- 
tings. 
Mirbeeia Meisneri, Hooher (Meisner's 
Mirbelia). — Fabacese § Papilionaceaa-Mirbe- 
liese.- — A very handsome evergreen bush, 
having a considerable resemblance to 31. dila- 
tata. It forms a much branched shrub, the 
branches being many-angled, and copiously 
leafy. The leaves usually grow three in a 
whorl ; they are scarcely an inch long, wedge- 
fan-shaped, and of harsh rigid texture, much 
undulated, the apex three-cleft, the side lobes 
being toothed, and each segment tipped with 
a spine. The flowers are very copious, in 
leafy racemes ; they are red-purple, deeper 
in the lower half of each petal, with a yellow 
spot at the base of the vexillum. Native of 
the Swan River settlements. Introduced in 
1847. Flowers in May. It is the 31. dila- 
tata of Meisner, but not of R. Brown. Cul- 
ture. — Requires a greenhouse ; rough sandy 
peat ; propagated by cuttings planted in sand, 
under bell glasses. 
Echinacea intermedia, Lindley (inter- 
mediate Hedgehog-flower). — Asteracea? § Tu- 
bulifloreas-Rudbeckieas. — A fine showy herba- 
ceous perennial, of robust habit, growing 
about two feet high. The stem is hairy ; the 
leaves scabrous, heart-shaped varying to ovate- 
acuminate, and of a dark green colour, the 
flowers, which grow terminally, are large, four 
or five inches in diameter, and of a bright 
reddish colour ; the florets of the ray are 
spreading, those of the disc elevated. Pro- 
bably a native of the cooler parts of Mexico ; 
but this is not certainly known. Introduced 
probably about 1843. Flowers from August 
till October, or throughout the autumn season. 
Culture.— Quite hardy ; good garden soil ; 
propagated by division of the plant. 
