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NOTES ON FLOWERS. 
trifidus (Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth), 
and L. tetragonus (Bentham). Culture. — 
Requires a warm greenhouse or a stove 
in winter ; sandy peat soil ; propagated by 
seeds. (218) 
Ixora GrjFFiTHn, Hooker (Mr. Griffith's 
Ixora). — Cinehonacea? § Coffese-Psychotridai. 
— A noble shrub, of branching habit, with rich 
brown branches, and very large (sometimes a 
foot in length) oblong-ovate acuminate glabrous 
leaves, the branches terminated by large broad 
flattened compound cymes, of innumerable 
richly orange-coloured blossoms ; the cyme is 
subtended by two small leaves ; the flowers 
are salver shaped, with a very slender tube an 
inch and a half long, and four roundish spread- 
ing lobes, all at first opening orange-yellow, 
becoming red-orange with age. A native of 
Singapore, whence it was introduced to the 
Clapton Nursery, by Mr. Low, Jun. Intro- 
duced in 1845. Flowers in July. It was first 
bloomed in July, 1847, by Messrs. Lucombe, 
Pince, and Co. Exeter, who purchased it of 
Mr. Low. The late W. Griffith, Esq., whom 
the name commemorates, first gathered it at 
Mergui, and his dried specimens are in the 
herbarium of Sir W. J. Hooker. It has borne 
in our gardens the name of Ixora hydran- 
gea; form is. Culture. — Requires a stove ; strong- 
turfy peat soil, with a little gritty sand and 
charcoal ; propagated by cuttings planted in 
sand and placed under glasses, in a moderate 
heat. (219) 
Achdienes venusta, garden hybrid (beau- 
tiful Achimenes). — Gesneraceag § Gesnereas. 
— A very charming variety of Achimenes, ap- 
parently a hybrid between A. patens, and A. 
rosea. It grows about a foot and a half high, 
with moderate-sized rough ovate -serrated 
leaves, and numerous flowers from the axils, 
having the appearance of growing in whorls ; 
they are intermediate in size, and of a light 
clear purple-rose colour, very distinct and 
handsome. It was exhibited at the meeting 
of the Horticultural Society, in September, 
1847. Culture. — Requires a hotbed frame or 
stove during the earlier stages of growth ; 
blooms in a greenhouse ; turfy peat and loam ; 
propagated by its scaly tubers, by cuttings, or 
by leaves. (220) 
Pogogtxe multiflora, Bentham (many 
flowered Pogogyne). — Lamiaceae § Melisseas. 
— A small herbaceous perennial, with spread- 
ing branched stems, numerous small glabrous, 
entire, oblong, very obtuse leaves, and small 
dense terminal heads of purple labiate flowers, 
not very showy. A native of the northern 
parts of California. Introduced in 1847, by 
Mr. Hartweg, to the Horticultural Society. 
Flowers in September. Culture. — Hardy ; 
common garden loam ; propagated by division 
of the plants, by cuttings, or by seeds. (221) 
Gilia pharnaceoides, Bentliam (pharna- 
ceum-like Gilia). — Polemoniaceag. — A very 
slender annual plant, with divaricate branches, 
and much the general appearance of the Corn- 
field Spurrey. On the lower part of the stem 
the leaves are opposite, and cut into three awl- 
shaped segments, appearing like a whorl of 
narrow leaves ; the upper leaves are alternate. 
The flowers are small, pale lilac coloured, and 
grow singly on longish stalks from the forks 
of the dichotomous branches. A native of 
sandy places near the Columbia river in North- 
west America, and of New California. Intro- 
duced in 1847, by Mr. Hartweg, to the Hor- 
ticultural Society. Flowers in summer. Cul- 
ture. — Hardy ; light sandy soil ; propagated 
by seeds. (222) 
Achimenes Skinneri, Lindley (?) (Mr. 
Skinner's Achimenes). — Gesneraceas § Gesne- 
reas. — A tall growing species, with much the 
habit of A. hirsuta. It has rough hairy ovate 
deeply serrated leaves, and large rosy-purple 
blossoms, the throat and mouth of the tube 
dull orange, marked with numerous dots. A 
native of Guatemala. Introduced in 1847. 
Flowers at the latter end of summer. Cvlture. 
— Requires a hotbed or stove in the earlier 
stages of growth ; blooms in a greenhouse ; 
turfy peat and loam ; propagated by its scaly 
tubers, by cuttings, or by leaves. (223) 
HrppEASTRUii vittattjM, var. lalifolium 
(broad-leaved banded Hippeastrum). — Amaryl- 
lidaceas § Amarylleae. — A bulbous plant, with 
long strap-shaped glossy leaves about an inch 
and a half wide, and a stout stalk producing 
seven or eight flowers at the top ; they are 
slightly tubular at the base, five and a half 
inches long, deeply divided into six segments, 
with a broad dull red stripe down the centre 
of each, and a green star at the bottom. A 
native of South America. Introduced in 1774. 
Flowers from May to July. Known also as 
Amaryllis vittata major (Lindley). Culture. 
— Requires a stove or warm greenhouse, rich 
loam, good drainage, and rest in winter ; pro- 
pagates readily by seeds or offsets. (224) 
Osbeckia canescens, Meyer (hoary Os- 
beckia). — Melastomaceaa § Melastomeas - Os- 
beckieae. — A shrubby plant, very slightly 
branched, with square rough stems growing 
from two to three feet high, and opposite ovate 
leaves slightly heart-shaped at the base, and 
placed crosswise on the stem ; the flowers grow 
in a paniculated raceme at the top of the stem, 
and consist of four inversely heart-shaped pe- 
tals, notched at the end, and of a light rose- 
purple colour, but of short duration. Said to 
be a native of Mexico. Introduced in 1838 
from the Berlin Garden. Flowers from July 
to September. Culture. — Requires a cool 
stove or greenhouse in summer ; loam and peat ; 
propagated by cuttings in heat. (225) 
