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3.— NOLANA TENELLA, Lindl. THE SLENDER NOLANA. 
EsoRiViNGS Bot. Mag. t. 2604, Bot. Card. t. 207, both under 
the name of N. paradoxa. 
SvNONVMEs N. paradoxa. Hook. ; Violet-coloured Nolana. 
Specific Character. — Clothed with viscid down ; stems filiform ; 
petioles ciliated ; leaves ovate, obtuse at both ends ; calyx campanu- 
late, 2-lobed, 5-anglcd, one of the lobes emarginate, the other tiiden- 
tale ; ovarium 5-lobed. — Peduncles hairy, filiform. Corolla pale-blue, 
or violet, with a paler eye. Stamens villous, enclosed. — (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The flower is funnel-shaped, of a blue, or violet-colour, with a white star in the centre. 
The calyx diifers from that of N. prostrata in the want of the spur-like processes towards the base. The 
seeds of this plant were received from Chili in 1822, by Mr. Place, who also introduced N. paradoxa, and hence, 
probably, the confusion between the two species. N. tenella first flowered at the seat of the late John Walker, 
Esq., at Southgate, and its seeds are frequently sold in the seed-shops under the name of N. paradoxa. 
The culture is the same as for the other, with the exception of the seeds requiring to be sown thicker, as the 
plants generally send up an upright shoot, and do not spread so much as those of the other species. 
4.— NOLANA ATRIPLICIFOLIA, D. Don. THE ATRIPLEX-LEAVED NOLANA. 
Engravings Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. 2nd Series, t. 305 ; and our 
fig. 4, in Plate 25. 
SvNoNYME. — N. grandiflora, Lehm. 
Specific Character. — Stems procumbent, rather villous; calyx 
caropanulate, with ovate-lanceolate, acute, connivent segments; leaves 
spatulate, radical ones large. — (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This is by far the most beautiful species. The flower is large and very handsome, with 
the three colours of bright blue, clear white, and yellow, distinctly marked. The leaves are broad and fleshy, 
and they are produced in such abundance on the procumbent stems, as soon to cover the bed, and thus afford a 
rich background to the splendid flowers with their bright clear colours, which every here and there rise up among 
them. We have already mentioned the resemblance between the flowers of this species and those of Convolvulus 
tricolor, and we have been lately much struck with it on comparing beds of the two flowers planted near together 
in the nursery of our neighbour Mr. Hopgood. The Nolana is however much the more beautiful, as the flowers 
are not only much larger, but their colours are clearer and more brilliant. The Nolana atriplicifolia is a native 
of Peru, introduced in 1834, and it seeds so abundantly that it is already common in the seed-shops. It requires 
a rich loamy soil, in which it may be sown in March or April, when it will flower in July ; or if wanted to 
flower earlier, it may be raised on a slight hotbed, and planted out the first week in May. 
OTHER KINDS OF NOLANA. 
The following kinds have not yet been introduced ; but judging from the species we have already in our 
gardens, we think them so desirable, that we give their names iu the hope of .aiding in pointing them out to the 
attention of travellers. 
N. SPATULATA, Ruiz el Pavon. 
Flowers very large, and white tinged with purple. Stem upright. A native of the hills in Peru, so probably 
quite hardy. 
N. CORONATA, Ruiz et Pavon. 
Flowers about the size of N. atriplicifolia ; white, with a narrow blue border. Leaves shining, and on long 
footstalks. Capsules long and slender. Stem prostrate. A native of the hills of Peru, growing in drj' sandy 
soil. 
