DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF NEW PLANTS. 
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DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF NEW PLANTS. 
PlumbaginacejE. —■Pentandria Pentagynia. 
Statice eximia (Fischer and Meyer). This is a hardy perennial, 
growing from one to two feet high, if planted in an equal mixture 
of sandy loam and peat. It may be increased by dividing the 
old plant when large enough, and in a dormant state, but the 
best means of propagation is by seed; seedlings, however, will 
not blossom before the second season. The flower spike has 
several small branches towards its base, thickly set with lilac and 
white blossoms, which are produced from July to September. 
Raised in the garden of the Horticultural Society, from seeds 
received from Dr. Fischer in 1844, and said to have been col¬ 
lected by Dr. Schrenk on the Chinese limits in the south of 
Songaria.— Bot. Beg. 2-47. 
Ericaceae. —Pentandria Monogynia. 
Azalea squamata (Lindley). This fine addition to our Chinese 
Azaleas, has been sent to the Horticultural Society by Mr. 
Fortune, who found it on the mountains of Hong Kong. 
“ With the habit common to all Chinese Azaleas, this presents 
the following peculiarities :—In its natural state it blooms without 
leaves, producing at the end of every little shoot, a large solitary 
flower of a clear, rose colour, distinctly spotted with crimson on 
one side, and guarded at the base by a large sheath of bright 
brown scales. Its calyx, unlike that of the neighbouring species, 
is reduced to a mere five-toothed rim. Its ovary, immediately 
after the fall of the corolla, projects in the form of an oblong 
body quite covered with coarse brown hairs. The leaves when 
young, are somewhat like those of A. indica , and have nothing 
distinctive in their shape or surface; but when old, are oval, 
sharp at each end, perfectly hairless, and as even on the upper 
surface as those of Rhododendron punctatum.” 
The species will probably be found hardy, for it has borne a 
temperature of 11° Fahr. without apparent damage. In a case 
containing several plants, Mr. Fortune sent home a portion of 
the soil, brown loam, in which this species was found wild, and 
