NOLA'NA PARADOX'A. 
VIOLET-FLOWERED NOLANA. 
Class. 
PENTANDRIA. 
Order 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
BORAGINE®. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Chile. 
6 inches. 
July, Oct. 
Annual. 
in 1822. 
No. 207. 
Nolana is a term derived from the Latin nola, a 
little bell; and was first used by Linneus to distin- 
guish the Nolana prostrata, to which plant, from the 
shape of*its calyx and corolla, it was very appro- 
priately applied. The trivial name, paradoxa, was 
given by Mr. Lindley, whose character of this plant 
we do not possess, but believe the term was employ- 
ed in allusion to some anomalous formation of the 
parts of fructification, which subsequent examina- 
tions have shown to be inconstant. 
This is a trailer of considerable beauty, and 
though native of a warmer climate, has exhibited 
with us habits of hardihood. Seeds were sown in 
a small pot in May last, and put within the frame 
of a hotbed. Soon after the plants were up, they 
were removed to a cool part of the garden, and 
there remained in the pot, with occasional waterings, 
during the summer. Late in autumn they withstood 
the effects of a rather sharp frost, and were after- 
wards placed in a cold frame, and are now (March) 
about three inches high. These, on being turned 
into the border, in April, will, doubtless, make 
strong early -flowering plants. 
Bot. Mag. 2604. 
