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Art. XXV. — List of Rare Plants which have Flowered in the 
Royal Botanic Garden , Edinburgh , during the last three 
months. Communicated by Professor Guaham. 
Acacia Lopliantha. 
Amaryllis aurea. 
Banksia ericifolia. 
Bignonia grandifolia. 
Camellia oleifera. 
Columnea hirsuta. 
Cunonia capensis. 
Cyathodes abietina. 
Epidendrum umbellatum. 
Eranthemum variabile. 
Fuchsia arborescens. 
We have plants raised from seeds 
under this name, which can be 
readily distinguished, by their 
remarkable glaucous appearance, 
from those which have flower- 
ed ; but as this seems the only 
distinction, it is not unlikely 
they may lose it when they grow 
older. In Bot. Mag. fol. 2620. a 
hope is expressed that this spe- 
cies may be found hardy enough 
to bear our winters without pro- 
tection ; but it and the F. ex- 
corticata were among the first 
which were cut up by the cold 
this winter, in a plot of the dif- 
ferent species of the genus in 
the Botanic Garden. It forms, 
however, a very handsome green- 
house shrub. 
Gonolobus diadematus. 
Hemimeris peduncularis. 
Ixora arborescens. 
Jasminum paniculatum. 
Leclienaultia formosa. 
Liparia vestita. 
Lobelia gracilis. 
Ornithidium reflexum. 
Rhus vernix. 
Dec. 6. 1825. 
Thunbergia capensis. 
coccinea. 
This fine stove plant was received 
from the Calcutta Garden under 
this name in 1 823 ; but we have 
no history of the species. 
1 would suggest the following as 
its essential character and de- 
scription : 
T. coccinea. — Corolla subringenti, 
limbo arete reflexo ; racemis in- 
terrupts, terminalibus, secun- 
dis ; foliis angulatis, hastatis ; 
caule volubili. 
Description — Root throwing up 
many stems. Stems branching 
from the bottom ; branches axil- 
lary, opposite, slightly swollen 
at the joints, and climbing to a 
great height, twining from left 
to right, green, smooth. Leaves 
opposite, petioled, pale green, 
lighter on the back, smooth, an- 
gular, especially towards the 
base, hastate, acuminate, 5 larger 
2 or 4 smaller nerves ; nerves 
prominent, especially on the back, 
and there reticulated. Petiole 
half the length of the leaf, chan- 
nelled above. Flowering branches 
long (1-2 feet), axillary, leafy ; 
the leaves opposite, and resemb- 
ling those on the stem, but smal- 
ler, and gradually diminishing 
in size, and becoming cordate to- 
wards the flowers. Racemes long, 
terminal, interrupted, secund. 
Pedicels two-thirds of the length 
of the flowers, two, three, or 
more, arising from the axilla of 
each leaf or bractea, stout, and 
swelling slightly upwards ; brac- 
teas often awanting towards the 
extremity of the raceme. Outer 
calyx as long as the tube of the 
corolla, almond-shaped, reddish- 
brown, bursting along one edge, 
and falling after the corolla in 
one piece ; veins inconspicuous, 
numerous, parallel. Inner calyx 
cup-shaped, nearly entire. Co- 
