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Dec. 15. 1824. 
Art. 'X.uiLTV .-^L ist of Rare Plants which have Flowered in the 
Royal Botanic Garden^ Edinburgh, during the last three 
months. Communicated by Professor Graham. 
Acacia Houstoni. 
Anthocercis littorea. 
Bagobotrys indica. 
Bromelia pallida. 
Cactus truncatus. 
Canarina campanula. 
Canna edulis. 
Carissa spinarum. 
Ceropegia dichotoma. 
Cuscuta americana. 
Cuscuta verrucosa. 
I can scarcely doubt that this is the 
C. verrucosa of Sweet’s British 
Flower Garden, though, in some 
respects, the description and fi- 
gure in that work differ. It is 
said that the corolla in that spe- 
cimen was urceolate, and the teeth 
blunt, (though this last scarcely 
accords with the figure). The fi- 
gure represents the teeth of the 
corolla as scarcely reflected, and 
the calyx of deep green. In every 
one of the numerous plants in the 
Edinburgh Botanic Garden, the 
corolla is clavato-funnel-shaped, 
the teeth pointed, and completely 
turned back, the calyx almost co- 
lourless. The flowers are much 
larger than those represented in 
the British Flower Garden. In 
all other respects, however, the 
plants seem alike ; and these dif- 
ferences may perhaps have origi- 
nated in situation, ours having 
been raised in the stove or green- 
house, that figured by Sweet on 
ivy in the open air. I shall be 
glad if ours prove as hardy as his 
is represented to be. It has form- 
ed abundance of seed in the stove, 
but none has yet ripened. The 
species certainly approaches very 
nearly the C. reflexa of Roxburgh, 
figured in his Plants of Coroman- 
del, t. 104. In it, however, the 
flowers are small, and no warts are 
noticed in the description, or re- 
presented in the plate. The tem- 
perature which these species affect 
is probably similar. The C. reflexa 
is produced in the cold season, and 
this flowers freely in our green- 
house. The seeds were given to 
me by Dr Short last year, and 
were obtained from Madras. A 
figure will speedily be given in 
Hooker’s Exotic Flora. 
Cymbidium sinense. 
Cypripedium venustum. 
Hedychium coronarium. 
Hedychium gardnerianum. 
Hedychium thyrsiformis. 
Hedysarum nutans. 
Brought under this name from the 
Calcutta Garden in 1823 by Dr 
Macwhirter. 
Passi flora alata ot. 
Passiflora alata /S, acuminata. 
Passiflora alata y, insignis. 
These varieties are perfectly distinct, 
and of different degrees of beauty. 
«, The plant commonly cultivated, 
is by much the least ornamental, 
the colours of the other two being 
greatly more brilliant: /3 differs 
from a and y, in the leaf being 
pointed. It was sent to this gar- 
den some years ago, from the 
neighbourhood of Southampton, 
y. Has a leaf very similar to a, 
but the flowers are even more rich 
in colour than /?, and should cer- 
tainly supersede both for general 
cultivation. It was brought to this 
Garden from the Brazils in 1821, 
by Captain Stewart of Binny, 
Hon. E. I. C. service ; and, though 
propagated freely from hence, is 
not generally known. 
Passiflora quadrangularis. 
Salvia splendens. 
A remarkably fine specimen of this 
magnificent plant, nearly ten feet 
high, and spreading in proportion, 
has been kept in a house, mthout 
any heat, during the season, and 
stood without injury in full flower, 
when the thermometer fell to 25% 
but suffered greatly during one 
night in the early part of Decem- 
ber, when the temperature sunk 
to 16®. 
Scaevola Taccada. 
Tull?agia alliacea. , 
