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ARTICLE VIII.—NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 
FIGURED IN THE PERIODICALS FOR MAY. 
CLASS I.—PLANTS WITH TWO COTYLEDONES. 
LEGUMiNosiE, or Pea Tribe. 
Lupinus leptophyllus. —This species is remarkable for its nar¬ 
row leaves and hairy surface. It is about a foot high, the spike of 
flowers is elegantly coloured with blueish lilac, and there is a deep 
crimson stain in the middle of the standard. The spike is covered 
with flowers in an irregular manner, and crowned by the long linear 
tracts of the unexpanded blossoms. It is not so pretty a species as 
many others of this generally beautiful genus : it has hitherto pro¬ 
duced but a very few seeds, which are usually small for a Lupin, 
and pale brown, mottled with a darker shade. It probably requires 
shade. The species is an annual .—Botanical Register. 
FORTH LACEJE. 
Portulaca Gilliesu.— Dr. Gillies’ Purslane. We are informed 
by Dr. Hooker, that it is a native of the plains of Mendoza. This 
circumstance will point out the cultivation it requires ; for the dry¬ 
ness of that climate is so well known, that it may be easily under¬ 
stood, that it must be kept during winter in a well dried dry stove or 
greenhouse, allowing it water only when in a growing state. It is 
propagated readily by cuttings.— Bot. Reg. The flowers are a rich 
carmine colour. 
LI M N AN THE .32. 
Limnanthes Douglasu. —Douglas’s Limnanthes. A neat little 
annual with flowers of a delicate yellow colour, bordered with white, 
and slightly, but most agreeably fragrant. It is a native of Califor¬ 
nia.— Bot. Reg. 
RANUNCULACEiE. 
P.EONIA Moutan ; var. variegata—Party-coloured Tree Paeony. 
This handsome variety was raised at Arley, the seat of the Earl of 
Mountnorris. The Tree Paeonies are propagated by layers, which 
should be twisted a little, and the soil best adapted for them is a 
mixture of vegetable earth, and fresh meadow loam.— Sw. FI. Gard. 
CLASS II.—PLANTS WITH ONLY ONE COTYLEDON. 
LILIACE32. 
Calochortus venustus: —Spotted Calochortus. A very re¬ 
markable and bulbous plant, sent from California by Mr. Douglas 
to the Horticultural Society, in the last part of whose Transactions 
