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DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF NEW PLANTS. 
Sinningia, with large, ample, dark green, velvety leaves, the 
younger ones and petioles tinged with red, very large red calyces, 
and large sulphur-coloured flowers. All the species are natives 
of Brazil, whence the present was introduced to the garden of 
the Horticultural Society in 1826. A plant of it sent, by Messrs. 
Rollison, under the name of S. Helleri , flowered in the Royal 
Gardens, Kew, in June, 1845. It requires the heat of a stove.— 
Bot Mag. 4212. 
Gloxinia pallidiflora. A species resembling the old G. macu- 
lata , but of more slender habit, and having smaller and paler 
flowers. The lobes of the calyx are much narrower and more 
recurved, and the stem is spotless. It was sent from Santa 
Martha by Mr. Purdie, and flowered at Kew in October, 1845.— 
Bot. Mag. 4213. 
Malvaceae. —Monadelphia Polyandria. 
Hibiscus Jerroldianus . A very handsome species, possessing 
large, intensely rich deep crimson' flowers. It was raised at Chats- 
worth, in the spring of 1843, from seeds gathered in the Brazils 
by Hr. Lippold, and presented to his Grace the Duke of De¬ 
vonshire by Mrs. Berry. It is herbaceous, and planted in the 
borders of the large conservatory; forms handsome specimens, 
varying from four to nine feet in height, composed of numerous 
shoots, well clothed from the bottom upwards with their fine pal¬ 
mate foliage, and freely developing for a long period their splendid 
flowers. The name is a compliment to Mr. Douglas Jerrold, 
with whom, as an author, every one must be familiar.— Pax. 
Mag . Bot. 
OucuxDACEiE. —Gynandria Monandria. 
Mormod'es Cartoni. From the collection of orchideous plants 
sent home by Mr. Purdie, from the interior of Santa Martha, at 
the foot of Sierra Nevada. It first flowered at, Sion Gardens, 
under the management of Mr. Carton, in compliment to whom it 
is named. The flowers are orange-coloured, closely marked with 
crimson lines. Its nearest affinity is with M. aromaticum .— 
Bot. Mag. 4214. 
