EXTRACTS. — FLORICLLTIHE. 663 
GALAC1N.E. 
Franc^oa APPENDiciL^ATA. Naked stalked Francoa. A perrennial of con- 
siderable beauty. Flowers bright rose coloured. This remarkable and hitherto 
little known plant is one of the many interesting additions made to our collec- 
tions by Mr. Anderson, the assiduous Botanist who accompanied Capt. King, in 
his recent voyage of survey on the coasts of South America. The seeds were col- 
lected near the port of San Carlos de Chiloe, where the plant had been originally 
discovered by Don Luis Xee, Naturalist to the Spanish expedition under the ill- 
fated Malaspinje. — Brit. Flo. Gard. Culture. — We suppose it will thrive in 
sandy peat earth planted in a moist situation out of doors. 
PRIMULACEjE. 
Primula Sibirica. Siberian Primrose ; flowers purdlish rose-coloured. Na- 
tive of the northern regions of Siberia, and of the Altaic mountains, whence 
specimens have been sent by Dr. Fischer. Culture. — Like many other plants of 
countries where the winters are more severe than ours, this plant requires 
the protection of a frame in winter, which serves the same purpose as the cover- 
ing of snow, in its native regions : thus treated it flowers in April. — Bot. Mag. 
EFACRIDE-i. 
Epacris nivalis. Snowy Epacris. A white flowering species. Native of 
New Holland; raised by Messrs. Loddiges from seeds, presented to them in 1829, 
by H. M. Dyer, Esq. Culture. — It requires the protection of the greenhouse, 
and should be potted in sandy peat earth ; it may be increased by cutting^. — 
Bot. Cab. 
TKOP.EOLE.C 
Trop^^lim TRIC0L0RC3I. Three coloured Indian cress, a slender growing 
creeper. Flowers bright vermilliou colour. — Bot. Mag. Culture. — It requires 
the shelter of the greenhouse, and thrives potted in any rich light loam. Cut- 
tings root freely when planted under a common hand glass. 
GROSSLLARIEjE. 
RiBES speciosTjM. (Fig. 109.) Fuchsia- flowered gooseberry. This is by 
far the most showy of this gi'oup of Ribes ; having the entire habit of the goose- 
berry, yet vieing in the brilliancy and form of its flowers with the elegant Fuch- 
sia, their colour being a bright crimson. It is one of the many interesting dis- 
coveries of Mr. Menzies, who collected specimens of it in California, during the 
voyage of Vancouver. Culture. — It is found to thrive well in the open ground, 
growing to a large bush, and continues in flower for more than six weeks. — Brit. 
Fl. Gard. 
