NOTES ON FLOWERS. 
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Pjeonia Moutan, var. picta (painted 
Moutan). — Ranunculaceaa § Helleboreaa. — 
This is a very handsome variety of the well- 
known Pceonia Moutan, or tree paeony. Its 
habit is the same ; the segments of the leaves 
are narrower than in some varieties, of a dull 
bluish-green ; the flowers are semidouble, the 
ground colour light rose, streaked stained and 
veined with rich deep rose toward the edges ; 
the petals are rather ragged at the edges, 
something in the way of our parrot tulips. 
Native of China. Introduced in 1844. 
Flowers in May. Culture. — Almost hardy ; 
is the better for a little protection in spring ; 
rich sandy loam ; propagated by grafting on 
the roots of P. albiflora, or by division. (253) 
Cobubgia stylosa, Lindley (long- styled 
Coburgia). — Arnaryllidaceas § Amarylleae.— 
A pretty bulbous plant, with rigid acute 
glaucous leaves, and stems growing about two 
feet high, bearing an umbel of three to five 
tube-like flowers, each five inches long, and 
two across, the tube club-shaped and bent, 
and of a dark glaucous green, divided at the 
end into six rich orange-red lobes of a leathery 
texture. Native of Ecuador, in ravines near 
Quito. Inti*oduced in 1846. Flowers in 
March. Culture. — Requires a greenhouse ; 
sandy loam, and leaf-mould ; to be dry when 
at rest ; propagated by offsets. (254) 
Chirita Walkeri^e, Gardner (Mrs. 
Walker's Chirita).' — Gresneraceae § Cyrtan- 
dreas-Didymocarpidas. — A handsome shrubby 
(but fleshy) plant, with stout downy, herba- 
ceous branches, ovate-lanceolate downy leaves 
growing in whorls of three, and axillary 
flowers, more than an inch across, the limb 
deep purple, the interior of the tube blue, and 
on the lower side a broad deep yellow line. 
Native of Ceylon. Introduced in 1845. 
Flowers nearly all the year. Culture. — Re- 
quires a stove, rich loamy soil ; propagated by 
cuttings placed in a hot-bed. (255) 
iEscHYNANTHUs L0NGiFL0Rus,De Candolle 
(long-flowered .ZEsehynanth). — Gesneracea3 § 
Cyrtandreas-Didymocarpidae. — A beautiful 
shrubby plant, with procumbent or spreading 
and rooting branches, bearing opposite, broadly 
lanceolate, very acuminate, fleshy leaves, and 
terminal fascicles of flowers, usually on pendent 
branches, themselves standing erect ; they are 
long, slender, and curved, of a rich crimson, 
the inside yellow, surrounded by a band of 
black. Native of the mountain woods of Java. 
Introduced by Messrs. Veitch, in 1845. 
Flowers at various times of the year. Also 
called Lysionotus longiflorus (Blume). ' Cul- 
ture. — Requires a hot moist stove ; to be 
planted in turfy peat soil, or attached to a 
block of wood ; propagated by cuttings in sand, 
in a hot-bed. (256) 
Pentstemon gentianoides, var. alba (white 
gentian-like Pentstemon). — Scrophulariaceae § 
Antirrhinideai-Chelonese. — This is a white- 
flowered variety of P. gentianoides, a handsome 
half-shrubby and nearly hardy species now 
common in our gardens. It has the same habit, 
growing two feet and upwards in height, 
with long spikes of its tubular blossoms, and 
differs only in the colour of the flowers, in 
which particular it forms a very striking and 
admirable contrast. It has, no doubt, origi- 
nated in our gardens, and was raised about 
1845 ; but we have no information of its 
origin. Cidture. — Nearly hardy; common 
sarden loamy soil ; propagated freely bv cut- 
tings. '(257) 
Epacris Tauntoniensis, garden hybrid 
(Taunton hybrid Epacris). — Epacridaceae § 
Epacreas. — An ornamental and free flowering 
hybrid Epacris, supposed to have originated 
between E. grandiflora and E. impressa, re- 
taining much of the habit and form of the 
former, and taking on in place of the white in 
E. grandiflora, the pink colour of E. impressa. 
Though a handsome and distinct variety, it 
is not so strikingly beautiful as the old E. 
grandiflora. A garden hybrid raised by Mr. 
Ball of Taunton, about 1843 ? Culture. — 
Requires a greenhouse ; turfy sandy peat ; 
propagated by cuttings of the young shoots, 
planted in sand, under bell-glasses. (258) 
Crocus campestris, Pallas (field Crocus). 
— Iridaceaa. — A small and interesting bulbous 
plant, with the usual habit of crocuses, and 
bearing flowers of a greyish-blue colour. 
Native of Roumelia, on the hills near the river 
Marissa. Introduced, but not in a living 
state, by Dr. Herbert, in 1845. Flowers late 
in the autumn. It is nearly allied to C. Cart- 
wrightianus (Herbert) ; and also bears the 
names of C. hybernus (Fridwaldsky) ; and 
C. viontanus (Clusius). Cidture. — hardy ; 
common soil; propagated by offsets. (259) 
Crocus Pallasianus, Herbert (Pallas's 
Crocus), — Iridaceae. — A small and interesting 
bulbous plant, with about seven narrow leaves, 
and pale violet-coloured flowers, striated at 
the base, on the outside. Native of sunny 
hills in the Crimea. Introduced by Dr. 
Herbert, from a Ghent nursery in 1845 ? 
Flowers in the autumn months. It is the 
C. Pallasii (Marsch). Culture. — Hardy ; 
common soil ; propagated by offsets. (260) 
Hibiscus grossularlefolius, Miquel 
(gooseberry-leaved Hibiscus). — Malvacese § 
Hibisceas. — A handsome shrub, growing three 
to four feet high, with alternate, deeply three 
or five-lobed leaves, having some resemblance 
to those of the gooseberry. The flowers grow 
singly from the axils ; they are large and 
handsome, of a rich blueish-purple, the petals 
triangular, one of the upper angles rounded, 
the other mucronate. Native of the Swan 
