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NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
stamens, and in other respects have very nearly resembled Azaleas. 
The generic name is given from the natural habitation of the 
plants, many of the North American species growing in dry steep 
declivities, or on dry plains, where for a long time they can scarcely 
receive any moisture. 
ARTICLE VI.—NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 
FIGURED IN THE PERIODICALS FOR AUGUST. 
CLASS I.—PLANTS HAVING TWO COTYLEDONES. 
SCROPHULARINiE. 
Lophospermum Rhodochiton. —Purple Lophospermum, a clim¬ 
bing sufTrutescent plant, with funnel shaped purple flowers, an inch 
and a half long, hanging gracefully down. It is a native of Mexico, 
and was introduced to Germany about two years ago, and from the 
Royal Botanic Garden at Berlin, it has found its way into the col¬ 
lections of this country. It may he increased by seeds and cutttngs, 
and will require the same treatment as the L. erubescens, and is 
apparently quite as hardy as that species .—British Floiver Garden. 
POLEMONIACE jE. 
Diapensia Lapponica. —Lapland Diapensia- This Plant was 
raised at the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from seeds gathered on the 
Rocky Mountains of North America, by Mr. Drummond, in the last 
expedition of Captain Franklin. It flowered in April, having been 
kept in the open border, and occasionally covered with a hand-glass. 
—British Flower Garden. 
CAMPAN ULICEiE. 
Campanula garganica. —Garganian Bell-Flower. This pretty 
little blue-flowering Campanula was discovered by Professor Tenore, 
on Mount St. Angelo, anciently Garganus, in the kingdom of Naples, 
and was named by him after that locality, to which it appears to be 
peculiar. It is admirably adapted for Rock work, and appears to 
thrive best in a mixture of peat and loam, [t is readily increased by 
divison. As the plant is apt to suffer from too much wet, I would 
recommend one or two to be kept in pots in the frame during winter. 
—British Flower Garden. 
leguminos^. 
Acacia hastulata, —Little Halbert-leaved Acacia. This 
Species was discovered by Mr. Menzies, in King George’s Sound, 
and in the same country by the late Mr. Fraser. The Yellow blos¬ 
soms are delightfully fragrant, smelling like Haw thorn.--Bo/. Mag, 
