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NEW PLANTS AND SHRUBS 
Hindsia Violacea, Bentham. (Porcelain 
blue Hindsia.) — A very useful plant, on 
account of its porcelain blue flowers. It 
ay ill most probably be found to grow well 
in a warm green-house. It is a shrubby, 
scarcely-woody plant, with large oval leaves, 
on long stalks, and producing clusters of 
flowers at the ends of the branches : indi- 
vidually the flowers are composed of a long 
narrow tube, with the extremity much di- 
lated, and divided into five spreading petals, 
forming a star-shaped blossom of a pretty 
violet blue colour. It was introduced from 
South Brazil, by Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter ; 
and has been exhibited by them during this 
season. It will be a useful plant, on account 
of the colour of its flowers. 
IpomjEA Crassipes, Hooker. (Thick flower- 
stalked Bindweed). — A slender climbing plant, 
clothed with soft short hairs; the leaves are 
lance-shaped, rather broad at the base, and 
are stalked; and from their axils the flowers are 
produced singly, seated on little stalks, with 
two opposite small leaves a little beneath the 
flower. The flowers are large, funnel-shaped, 
and of a rich purple colour. It inhabits 
the elevated country about Macalisberg, in 
Southern Africa, whence it was imported to 
the garden of the Earl of Derby, at Knowsley, 
and produced its flowers in August of last 
year. 
Juanulloa Parasitica, Ruiz and Pavon. 
(Parasitical Juanulloa.) — This plant is in cul- 
tivation under the names of Brugmansia 
Parviflora, and B. Floribunda, but in reality 
does not belong to that genus, being the 
hitherto rare, and but little known, Juanulloa 
Parasitica of the authors of " Flora Peru- 
viana." It is a small shrub, with alternate, 
rather large and succulent, obvate leaves, on 
short stalks, and clusters of flowers, produced 
terminally on short drooping branches. The 
outer covering of the flowers (calyx) is orange- 
coloured, and divided at the end into five 
segments, the flower (corolla) is tubular, pro- 
jecting beyond this covering, and terminated 
by five blunt spreading teeth or segments, and 
of the same orange colour as the calyx. It is 
altogether a very desirable and showy plant. 
It is a native of woods in Peru, growing 
attached to the trunks of the trees, whence 
the name parasitica. 
Loasa Lucid a, Florist' 's Journal. (Shin- 
ing-leaved Loasa.) A dwarf-growing trailing 
annual, with glossy, bright green, triangular, 
lobed leaves, and pretty flowers, consisting of 
white spreading petals, the centre being yellow, 
tinged with red, and the stems projecting and 
forming a point. It is scattered over with 
stinging hairs. Introduced from Coquimbo. 
Lobelia Fulgens, Var. Multiflora, (of 
gardens.) — A variety raised by G. Symons, , 
Esq., of Lyme Regis. It has downy leaves, 
and produces numerous spikes of bloom, from 
two to three feet high, with crimson flowers 
of very large size. 
Lobelia Fulgens, Var. Pyramidalis, (of 
gardens.) — Also raised by Mr. Symons. It 
has bright glossy leaves, and rather smaller, 
though higher coloured flowers. The habit 
of the plant is robust, the flower stems rising 
about four feet in height. These two varieties 
are very attractive ones. 
Lonicera Discolor, Lindley. (Stained 
flowered Fly Honeysuckle.) —A slender grow- 
ing shrub, from the north of India. It has 
deep purple branches; smooth, oblong, stalked 
leaves; and very long, stalked, pale yellow 
flowers, stained with purple. It belongs to 
that section of the genus, whose distinctive 
mark consists in the complete adhesion of 
their twin seed vessels (ovaries), so that when 
ripe, all trace of their two-fold origin disap- 
pears. It flowers during the summer. 
Lupinus Arvensis, Bentham. (Field Pe- 
ruvian Lupine.) — This is a neat little half- 
hardy biennial, introduced from fields near 
Loxa, in Peru, by Mr. Hartweg, to the garden 
of the Horticultural Society. The flowers are 
of a bright lilac-colour, and pea shaped, with 
a white centre to the upper part of the flower, 
and within this a yellow spot. It grows about 
two feet high, and flowers during the greater 
part of the summer and autumn. Though 
strictly a biennial plant, (that is, of two years' 
duration) it succeeds best when treated as an 
annual. 
Macleania Longiflora, Lindley. (Long- 
flowered Macleania.) — This is a neat, ever- 
green, green-house shrub, attaining in its 
native region, about five feet in height. The 
leaves are of an oblong-oval figure, and the 
flowers are produced from the axils of the 
leaves, two or three together ; they are scarlet, 
angularly tubular, more than an inch long, 
and divided at the point into five small pointed 
segments, expanding so as to form a little star. 
The plant has large fleshy roots. It is from 
the Peruvian Andes, near Loxa, where it was 
collected by Mr. Hartweg ; and in culti- 
vation requires the protection of a warm 
green-house. 
Myosotis Azorica, Watson. (Azorean 
Mouse-eai", or Forget-me-not.) — A species 
common about waterfalls, streams, and wet 
rocks, in some of the westerly islands of the 
Azores. It resembles our native waterside 
species M. Palustris, but has larger flowers, 
of a deep indigo-blue colour, and is more pro- 
lific of bloom on the numerous lateral branches, 
which it puts forth. It is, also, otherwise 
botanically distinguished from all our native 
species. It is a herbaceous perennial, scarcely 
hardy, growing about two feet high: being 
