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•2355. DHECIA, MONADELPHIA. NEPENTHACE*. 
NEPEN'THES rafflesia'na. II Plant, 6 t ? 11 Stove climber, sent from Singapore, 
SIR s. raffles s pitcher-plant. || flower, 14 inch II in 1845, flowers in Autumn, dark red. 
Nepenthes, from ne, privative ; penthos, grief. This is a splendid addition to 
the collection of vegetable wonders. The common pitcher plant (No. 1513,) is 
pretty well known ; this excels it, in being beautifully variegated, bot. mag. 4285. 
2356. DIDVNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. SCROPHCLARIACE*. 
PENTSTE'MON MINI A I LS Plant, * , foot h [I Frame suifruticose perennial, Mexico, 
VERMILLION pentstemON. I piower, i| loch !l in 1845, flowers in July, Vermillion. 
Pentstemon, see No. 1973. A very pretty addition to our Pentstemons ; of 
inferior stature to gentianoides, but of somewhat similar character, and probably 
rather more tender. Desirable from the brilliancy of its flowers, bot reg.14,imt. 
2357. PENTANDRIA, MONOG YNIA. CONVOLVULACE*. 
PHARBI'TIS CATHAR'TICAlj Plant, 6 feet If stovetwiner , sent from Santa Martha, 
Leaf. 24 mcb ~~ - 
PURGING pharbitis* II Flower, l| inch || in 1845, flowers in November, purple. 
Pharbitis, from pharbe, colour; on account of the beautiful colour of the 
flowers. This plant, formerly placed amongst the Convolvuluses, is chiefly re- 
markable for its active purgative qualities. Flowered at Syon. bot. mag. 4289. 
2358. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEAl. 
POL\ PO'DILJM crena^tum. !| Height, 15 inch n Stove herbaceous evergreen, Jamaica, 
Leaflet, 5 inch 
CRENate polypody. !1 Width, 1J inch I in 1823, sort brown, in the Autumn. 
Polypodium, see No. 1975. This very distinct species produces both barren 
and fertile fronds, which differ slightly in form. It is of easy culture, although 
of slow increase. Pot in loam, peat, and sand. sp. of swartz. 
2359 PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. PRIMULACE*. 
PRIM'ULA MIJNRO I. |i Plan*. 9 inch |j Hardy herbaceous perennial, India, 
CAPTAIN MUNRo’s PRIMROSE. j| pfnw’er, IJ inch li in 1845, flowers March to May, white. 
Primula, see No. 2216. This is a very fragrant and pretty little alpine plant, 
strikingly like, says Dr. Lindley , to the species involucrata. These little pets should 
have pot culture, and never be trusted in the borders. bot. reg. is, 1847. 
2360. DIDYNAMIA, GYMNOSPERMIA. LAMIACE.E . 
SCUTELLA'RIA cordifo'lia. ll Plant, I6inch 11 stove herb, perennial, Mexico, 1846, 
heart-leaved skull-cap. || nower l inch II flowers in Sep & Oct, orange-scarlet. 
Scutellaria, see No. 2295. A handsome Scutellaria, which was received from 
a continental garden by the Messrs. Rollison.of Tooting, under the name of Scu- 
tellaria splendens. It is a gay autumn flowering plant. bot. mag. 4290. 
2361. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LOBELIACE*. 
SIPHOC AM ; PY LOS microsto’ma II Pant, 3 feet li stove perennial, from New Grenada, 
SMALL-MOUTHED SIPHOCAMPYIOS. I f Imrer, inch 1845, flowers whole year, rich scarlet. 
Sipiiocampylos, see No. 2057. For size of flowers, and richness of colouring, 
this Siphocampylos excels all that have hitherto been discovered ; it seems, also, 
to promise constant gaiety. Flowered in the Royal Kew Gardens, bot. mag. 4286 . 
2362. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. BROMELIACE*. 
TILLAND SIA BULBO’SA. Plant, 8 inch I! Stove herbaceous perennial, J amaica, 
BULBOUS TILLANDSIA. j pfow’er, li'inch li in 1845, flowers in the Winter, purple. 
Named in compliment to Tillant'sia, a professor at Abo. This is a variety 
called picta, of the species bulbosa, which flowered at Kew. It merely requires 
to be suspended, without soil, in the atmosphere of a moist stove, bot. mag. 4288 . 
