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hue, those of the copper-coloured beech) purplish rose beneath, 
and the rich scarlet flowers, with the segments of the limb 
beautifully toothed and ciliated. 
It was detected by Mr. Purdie on moist banks near Sona, 
New Grenada, and from seeds sent by him in September 1845 
to the Royal Gardens, plants were reared which flowered in 
April 1847. It requires the same treatment as other species of 
Achimenes. A shallow pan is soon filled with it, owing to the 
extraordinary stoloniferous nature of the plant; among the dark 
coppery leaves the bright flowers have a very pretty effect.— 
Bot. Mag. 4312. 
Ericaceae. —Becandria Monogynia. 
Leucothoe pulchra (De Candolle). Received at the Royal 
Gardens Kew, from Mr. Makay of Liege as a “ Vaccinium ” from 
Caraccas. It will now merge in the genus Leucothoe as restricted 
by De Candolle, and is unquestionably the Andromeda {Leucothoe) 
pulchra of Chamisso, and Schlechtendal, of which we have au¬ 
thentic specimens of Brazil. L. pulchella is probably not 
different, and L. crassifolia and L. crenifolia are perhaps mere 
forms of the same species. This plant flowers in a cool green¬ 
house in May, and is equally handsome in foliage and in flower ; 
it grows two or more feet high, with copious, neat, bright green 
foliage, and produces its numerous drooping racemes of white, 
bell-shaped flowers, from near the summit of the branches.— 
Bot. Mag. 4314. 
FABACEiE. —Biadelphia Becandria. 
Onobrychis radiata (De Candolle). A native of stony hills 
in the region of Caucasus, common about Tiflis. It is a showy 
plant, conspicuous from its racemes of white flowers with a cen¬ 
tral yellow spot; in our gardens it is a hardy herbaceous peren¬ 
nial, which grows about a foot in height, and succeeds best when 
planted in a rich sandy loam, in a rather dry situation. It is 
increased by seeds, and the young plants will not flower before 
the second season; it flowers freely from the end of June to the 
beginning of August.— Bot. Beg. 37-47. 
Rosacea. —Icosandria Pentagynia. 
Sjpirea pubescens (Bunge). This is a small gay shrub, with 
