NEW AND BARE PLANTS. 
IxoRA. LAxiFLOBA, Smith. Lax-flowered Isora. — 
Nat. Ord., Cinchonacea;, § Cinclionece. — Syn,, I. bra- 
chyloba, Dc Candolle. — An ornamental stove slii'ub, 
growing tlu-ee to foitr feet high. The leaves are oppo- 
site, oblong, lance-shaped, acuminate, attenuated at the 
base into a very short petiole, with ovate- acuminate 
appressed stipules ; the largest leaves a foot or more in 
length. The flowers grow in large, terminal, trichoto- 
mous panicles, white, delicately tinged with pint, very 
fragi'aut ; the calyx is deep red ; the corolla consists of 
a very slender tube, an inch and a half long, with a 
spreading Umb cut to the base into fom' spreading obo- 
vate segments. — From Sierra Leone ; introduced by Mr. 
Whitfield in 18-18. Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., 
of Exeter. * 
SirraiNGiA PUNCTATA, Sdieidweiki: Dotted-flowered 
Sinningia. — Nat. Ord., Gesneraceaj, \ Gesnerea;. — A 
handsome, tuberous-rooted, stove perennial, with a suf- 
fruticose branching stem of si.x or eight inches high. 
The leaves are oblong-ovate, staUced, crenulate. The 
flowers are numerous, each plant bearing from twenty 
to thirty, axiUaiy, solitary, glandular-pubescent, pale 
externally, spotted on the inner surface with very fine 
pm-jjle dots. — From Brazil ; introduced to Belgium, in 
1849, by M. Libon. Flowers in summer and autumn. 
M, de Jonghe, of Brussels. 
Franciscea eximia, Schciclwcikr. Excellent Fran- 
ciscea. — Nat. Ord., ScrophulariaccEB, § Salpiglossidese. 
— A beautiful stove shrub, evergreen, growing to the 
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height of three to five feet, with erect, downy branches. 
The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, acuminate. The 
flowers grow in loose, two, thi-ee, or four-flowered 
cymes ; they are three inches in diameter, deep blue- 
pm'ple, becoming white after expansion. From Brazil ; 
inti-oduced to Belgium, in 1847, by M. Libon. Flowers 
in the sin-ing. M. de Jonghe, of Brussels. 
Dipl.adenijV illusteis, Martins. Illustrious Dipla- 
denia. — Nat. Ord., Apocyuacete, § "Wrighteas. — Syn., 
Echites Ulustris, Arrabida ; E. insignis, of JBcIgiim gar- 
dens. — A showy, tuberous-rooted perennial, with annual 
stems, from a foot and a half to two feet high. The 
leaves are opposite, obovate-rotuudate, pubescent. The 
flowers grow, thr-ee or four, at the extremity of the 
stems, and are rose-coloni'ed, with a pui'ple thi'oat. From 
Brazil ; introduced to Belgium in 1848. Flowers in 
summer. M. de Jonghe, of Brussels. 
TAJ3ERNiE5!0NTANA LONGIFLOEA, Bentlianl. Long- 
flowered Tabernosmontana. — Nat. Ord., Apocynacea3, 
§ PlumiereEE. — A fine stove sbi'ub, of erect branching 
habit. The leaves are large, opposite, eUiptical. The 
flowers grow on axillary peduncles, or two placed to- 
gether at the ends of the branches, bearing about thr'ee 
flowers in a cyme ; the corolla is white or pale cream- 
colour, large, and having a delicioiis aromatic fragrance 
lUie that of cloves ; its tube is fom' inches long, twisted, 
and swollen below the middle, terminating in a limb of 
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five waved, or reflexed tongue-shaped lobes. From Sierra 
Leone ; introduced by Mr. Whitfield in 1848. Messrs. 
Lucombe, Pince, and Co., of Exeter. J 
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