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NOTES ON FLOWERS. 
Gilia elongata, Steudel (elongated-leaved 
Gilia). — Polemoniaceae. — An annual of rather 
a pretty character ; it grows six or eight inches 
high, the stem very little branched, and clothed 
with cottony wool ; the leaves are cottony at 
the base, green, and nearly smooth near the 
point, which is awl-shaped and somewhat 
spiny, with two or three long segments of the 
same form ; the flowers are brilliant blue, with 
white projecting anthers; they grow in cottony 
heads, closely surrounded by long pungent 
linear bracts. Native of California, in fields 
near Montery. Introduced by Mr. Hartweg, 
in 1847. Flowers in August (when sown in 
May). It is also called Hugelia elongata 
(Bentham). Culture. — Hardy ; common 
garden soil ; propagated by seeds. (226) 
Hollbollia ACUMINATA, Lindley (taper- 
leaved Hollbollia). — Lardizabalaceaa. — An 
evergeen twining plant, with the habit of H. 
I at [folia, differing in having its leaves com- 
posed of taper-pointed, not blunt, leaflets, its 
racemes with stalks much shorter than those 
of the leaves, and its purplish flowers not half 
so large ; the flowers are deliciously fragrant, 
resembling the perfume of the orange. Native 
of Nepal. Introduced in 1845. Flowers in 
the spring. Culture. — Nearly (perhaps quite) 
hardy ; sandy loam and peat ; propagated by 
cuttings. (227) 
Begonia biserrata, Linclley (doubly ser- 
rated Begonia). — Begoniacese. — A perennial 
herbaceous species, with fibrous roots, and 
disposed to produce suckers from its crown ; 
the stem is terete and dull purple, two feet or 
more in height, and covered with short harsh 
pubescence ; the leaves are palmate, and so 
oblique that 'frequently there are but four 
lobes instead of five ; the flowers are pale pink, 
and grow three or more in a cluster, in the 
upper axils or at the end of the branches. 
Native of Guatemala. Introduced in 1847. 
Flowers in August. Culture. — Requires a 
stove, and rest in winter ; light loamy com- 
post ; propagated by cuttings. It may be 
flowered at any season by regulating the times 
of resting and starting it. (228) 
Aquilegialeptoceras, Fischer andMeyer 
(slender-spurred Columbine). — Ranunculacea? 
§ Helleboreod. — A neat and pretty herbaceous 
perennial, growing about nine inches high, 
with slender purplish-green stems; triternate 
leaves, with wedge-shaped rounded leaflets, and 
one or two blossoms (on each stem), of a pale 
bright violet colour, the tips of the sepals 
greenish, and of the petals a clear bright straw 
colour. Native of Siberia. Introduced in 
1838. Flowers in June. Culture. — Hardy, 
suitable for rockwork ; sandy loam and leaf 
mould ; propagated by seeds sown as soon as 
ripe, or by division of the plant. (229) 
Wulfenia am he stiana, Bentham — 
(Lady Amherst's "Wulfenia). — Scrophulariacea? 
§ Rhinanthideae. — An alpine perennial stem- 
less plant, with oblong leaves, peculiarly con- 
vex, as if blistering, very regularly and 
doubly crenated, except near the base, where 
they become pinnatifid ; the flowers grow in 
slender drooping one-sided spikes of about 
eight inches long, and are individually small 
and of a lilac colour. Native of Chinese 
Tartary, the Himalayas, Kamaon, &c. Intro- 
duced in 1846. Flowers in June and July. 
Culture. — Hardy, suitable for rockwork; good 
garden soil ; propagated by division of the 
plant, or by seeds. (230) 
Clematis Grahami, Bentham (Graham's 
Clematis). — Ranunculaceaa § Clematidese. — 
A scrambling shrub, suitable for covering 
trellis-work, with much the appearance of C. 
virginiana. The leaves are pinnated, with 
ovate, slightly cordate, acuminate leaflets ; the 
flowers are small, downy, pale green, of no 
beauty ; they are borne in axillary and ter- 
minal slender panicled corymbs. Native of 
Mexico, on the mountain of Anganguco. In- 
troduced in 1846. Flowers in August and 
September. Culture. — Hardy; common soil; 
propagated freely by cuttings. (231) 
Navarettia squarrosa, Hooker and Ar- 
nold (squarrose Navarettia). — Polemoniacea?. 
— A rather pretty annual plant, having 
considerable general resemblance to Triptilion 
spinosum, but with less intensely coloured 
flowers. The plant is covered with hairs, 
which secrete a viscid matter, emitting a most 
unpleasant foxy odour. The habit is erect, 
branching ; the leaves are cut up into many 
sharp spiny segments ; the flowers are blue, 
and grow in close spiny heads. Native of 
New California. Introduced in 1847. Flowers 
in August and September. It is also called 
Gilia pungens (Hooker) ; G. squarrosa 
(Hooker) ; Moitzia squarrosa (Eschscholtz) ; 
Sigochloa pungens (Bentham). Culture. — 
Hardy ; good garden soil ; propagated by 
seeds. (232) 
Browallia Jamesoni, Bentham (Jame- 
son's Browallia). — Scrophulariaceae § Salpiglos- 
sideaa. — Avery distinct and handsome shrubby 
plant, growing from two to four feet and up- 
wards in height, clothed with soft pubescence, 
and having small rough ovate shining leaves, 
and sub-corymbose cymes of somewhat 
crowded deep yellow and orange-coloured 
blossoms, which have a long slender tube, and 
a roundish somewhat crimped expanding limb, 
of an inch or more in diameter. Native of 
New Granada, Ecuador and Peru, growing 
in woods at a considerable elevation. Intro- 
duced in 1846. Flowers in the summer 
months. Culture. — Requires a greenhouse ; 
turfy peat and loam ; propagated by cuttings, 
planted in sand, in a mild hot-bed. (233) 
