DESC11TPTIVE LIST OE NEW PLANTS. 
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Aquilegia canadensis by its dilated sepals, longer than the petals 
and stamens; from A. Siherica by its straight or oblique, 
but never hooked spurs ; and from A. parvijlora by the flat 
petals. 
“ It is found to be a hardy perennial, growing best in a mix¬ 
ture of light, sandy loam and a little leaf-mould, and is increased 
freely by seed sown as soon as ripe. It must be considered a 
neat and very pretty plant, well suited for rockwork.”— Bot. 
Reg. 64-47. 
Myrtace^.—- -Icosandria Monogynia. 
Eucalyptus macrocarpa (Hooker). “One of the finest among 
the many fine plants lately sent by Mr. James Drummond from 
the Swan River colony is the present new species of Eucalyptus .” 
Our specimen is about five feet high, and the large and copious 
foliage, covered everywhere with glaucous white powder, and the 
bright red flowers nestling among the leaves, form a very striking 
object. The colour of the flowers is due to the stamens alone ; 
for petals (as in the genus) there are none, and the calyx falls off 
like the lid of a box. 
Drummond found it at “Guaugan,” an open, sandy desert, 
commencing about eight miles E. S. E. of Freemantle, and con¬ 
tinuing for two hundred miles. This barren country is bordered 
by a considerable forest, consisting principally of two species of 
Eucalyptus , called by the aborigines “Urac” and “ Morral,” the 
latter is the plant now before us. The seed was raised at Kew 
in 1842, and our plant when five feet high, in the summer of 
1847, blossomed in great perfection.— Bot. Mag. 4333. 
EitiCACEiE . —Becandria Monogynia . 
Rhododendron Javanicum (Bennett). On communicating this 
splendid plant to me for figuring in the ‘ Botanical Magazine,’ 
Messrs. Veitch and Sons, its possessors, remarked that “it is 
one of the finest things ever introduced to our gardens.” And 
in this opinion we think all will agree who see, as we now do, 
the plant itself, with its beautiful, glossy, bright green foliage, 
and orange-coloured flowers (twelve on a bunch), here and there 
marked with red spots, and again spotted, as it were with the 
dark black purple-coloured anthers, which lie generally five on 
