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NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
THE BELL-FLOWER TRIBE, ( CAMPANULA CE®.) 
Campanula fragilis hirsuta, Hairy-leaved brittle Bell-flower. 
A native of the southern parts of Italy, where it is said to be one of 
the most lovely objects imaginable. It grows in exceedingly dense 
tufts, banging down from the face of limestone rocks; and flowering 
in the summer months. It is a perennial plant, for which it will be 
difficult to find in this country the same combination of the mild dry 
air, the limestone rocks, and sunny skies of Naples. It will very 
likely require to be treated as a greenhouse or delicate frame plant 
in winter; and no doubt the greatest precaution will be required to 
prevent its damping off .—Dr. Lindley in Bot. Reg. 
THE HOUSELEEK TRIBE (CRASSULACE®.) 
Sempervivum urbicum. City Houseleek. A greenhouse plant 
with a large pyramidal spike of yellow flowers, found commonly on 
rocks and the roofs of houses, in Teneriffe, in inland parts of the 
Island, where the air is damper than in the valleys. It flowers in 
the months of December, January, and February; and is one of the 
handsomest of the shrubby species of this interesting genus. It 
may be procured of Messrs. Young and Penny, of Milford— Dr. 
Lindley in Bot. Reg. 
THE NIGHTSHADE TRIBE (SOLANE®.) 
Solanum Tweedianum, Mr. Tweedie’s Solanum. Among the 
numerous species of Solanum received at the Glasgow Botanic Gar¬ 
den, from Mr. Tweedie, which he gathered near Buenos Ayres, 
is the present one. It flowered in the greenhouse in the month of 
October; the flowers are of a purplish white colour, with the project¬ 
ing stamens of a full orange.— Bot. Mag. 
THE MINT TRIBE (LABIATE.ZE.) 
Physostegia imbricata, Imbricated Physostegia. This species 
inhabits Texas, whence roots were sent to Glasgow, and probably to 
the other Botanic Gardens in this country, by Mr. Drummond. Its 
flowers are purple rose colour, and appear during the latter end of the 
summer and the autumn. The plant is a hardy perennial_ Bot. Mag. 
CLASS 2.—PLANTS WITH ONE COTYLEDON, (OR SEED-LEAF.) 
the lily tribe (liliace®, decand. hemerocallide®, brown.) 
Funkia lancifolia, Lance leaved Funkia. An interesting ad¬ 
dition to our hardy flowers, from Japan, whence it was introduced 
last year, by Mr. Knight, King’s Road, Chelsea. The flowers are 
purple.— Don in Brit. FI. Gard. 
the orchis tribe (orchide®.) 
Monocanthus discolor, Dingey Monk-flower. A very rare 
