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Fuchsia paniculata. {Gard. Chron. 1856, 301.) Nearly allied to the old 
F. arborescens, having a pyramidal panicle of small red flowers, forming a 
pretty mass. Guatemala. Greenhouse shrub. Messrs. Veitch. 
Gesnera Miellezii. a handsome dwarf-growing kind, with large rosy-lilac 
flowers. Stove perennial. French Gardens. 
Gonocalyx pulcher. [Gard. Chron. with fig.) A charming green¬ 
house Vacciniaceous shrub with dense small foliage and brilliant rose- 
coloured tubular flowers. New Grenada. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. 
M. Linden. 
Guzmannia erythrolepis. [Flor. d. Serres.,t. 1089.) A showy Broraeliaceous 
plant, with broad green spineless leaves, and a club-shaped spike of broad 
imbricated crimson bracts, from behind which the white flowers protrude 
in succession. Cuba. Stove perennial. Jardin des Plantes., Paris. 
IsoLOMA Trian^i. [Flor. d. Serves, t. 1057). A handsome Gesneriaceous 
plant in the way of G. elougata; flowers orange-scarlet. New Grenada. 
Stove sub-shrub. M. Linden. 
Jacquemontia ctELESTis. [Flor. d. Serves, t. 1131). A handsome twiner, 
with neat foliage and pretty small blue Convolvulus flowers. Supposed to 
be from Tropical America. Stove climber. M. Van Houtte. 
Lachenalia aurea. [Gavd. Chvon. with fig.) A beautiful species 
of a very interesting and neglected genus ; flowers rich orange, waxy, tube¬ 
like, pendent, on upright scapes. Natal. Greenhouse bulb. Horticultuval 
Society. 
Lapagkria rosea albiflora. [Bot. Mag. t. 4892). A distinct variety of 
the beautiful L. rosea, with creamy-white flowers. Chili. Greenhouse 
evergreen climber. Javdin des Plantes, Paris. 
Lonicera splendida. [Flov. d. Sevves,t. 1130). A pretty evergreen Honey¬ 
suckle, with glaucescent branches and foliage, and yellowish flowers, tipped 
with red outside, whitish within. Spain. Hardy climbing evergreen shrub. 
Fvench Gardens. 
Melastoma denticulatum. [Bot. Mag. t. 4957). A shrubby plant, with 
bold foliage and moderate-sized, nearly white flowers. New Caledonia. 
Stove or warm greenhouse shrub. Kew Botanic Gavdens. 
Moricandia Ramburii. [Bot. Mag. t. 4947). A neat hardy perennial with 
obovate leaves and purple cruciferous flowers. Spain. Kew Botanic 
Gavdens. 
Mucuna prurita. [Bot. Mag. t. 4945). A coarse twining shrub allied to 
M. pruriens. The flowers are large, dark purple, and hang in dense racemes 
resembling clusters of Grapes on long footstalks. It is one of the plants 
called Cow-itch. India. Stove climbing shrub. Kew Botanic Gavdens. 
Ntmph^a Boucheana. [Flov. d. Serves, t. 1033). A handsome hybrid 
Water Lily, between N. lotus and N. rubra. The leaves strongly dentate, 
the flowers rosy-pink. Stove aquatic. Bevlin Gavdens. 
Pachyphytum bracteosum. [Bot. Mag. t. 4951). A curious shrubby succu¬ 
lent, with very fleshy glaucous leaves and secund spikes (drooping when in 
flower) of crimson blossoms, having large fleshy glaucous calices and bracts. 
Mexico. Greenhouse succulent shrub. Kew Botanic Gavdens. 
Pentapterygium flavum. [Bot. Mag. t. 4910) A handsome shrub separated 
from Vaccinium, having deep green, glossy-wrinkled leaves, and nodding 
racemes of yellow tubulose five-angled flowers. Northern India. Green¬ 
house evergreen shrub. Mv. Nuttall. 
Pernettya furens. [Bot. Mag. t. 4920). A desirable evergreen shrub with 
the appearance of an Andromeda or Gaultheria ; the leaves dark green ; 
the flowers abundant, white, in nodding racemes. Chili. Hardy evergreen 
shrub. Messrs. Standish ^ Noble. 
Primula ergs a. [Flor. d. Sevres, t. \\i^). A very pretty dwarf herb, in the 
way of P. denticulata ; flowers pale lilac with yellow eye. N. India. 
Hardy perennial Zurich Botanic Gardens. 
Quercus polycarpa. Gard. Chron. 1856, 245). A supposed new European 
Oak, compared with Q. pubescens. Transylvania. 
Rhododendron blandfordijeflorum. [Bot. t. 4930). A very hand¬ 
some and distinct species, with narrowish leaves and longish narrow-tubed 
