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GALACIN.E. 
Fkanc'oa appendicul'ata. Naked stalked Francoa. A perrennial of con¬ 
siderable beauty. Flowers bright rose coloured. This remarkable and hitherto 
little known plant is one of the many interesting additions made to our collec¬ 
tions by Mr. Anderson, the assiduous Botanist who accompanied Capt. King, in 
his recent voyage of survey on the coasts of South America. The seeds were col¬ 
lected near the port of San Carlos de Chiloe, where the plant had been originally 
discovered by Don Luis Nee, Naturalist to the Spanish expedition under the ill- 
fated Malaspinae.— Brit. Flo. Gard. Culture.—We suppose it will thrive in 
sandy peat earth planted in a moist situation out of doors. 
PRIMULACEiE. 
Primula Sibirica. Siberian Primrose; flowers purdlish rose-coloured. Na¬ 
tive of the northern regions of Siberia, and of the Altaic mountains, whence 
specimens have been sent by Dr. Fischer. Culture.—Like many other plants of 
countries where the winters are more severe than ours, this plant requires 
the protection of a frame in winter, which serves the same purpose as the cover¬ 
ing of snow, in its native regions : thus treated it flowers in April.— Bot. Mag. 
EPACRIDEAE. 
Epacris nivalis. Snowy Epacris. A white flowering species. Native of 
New Holland; raised by Messrs. Loddiges from seeds, presented to them in 1829, 
by H. M. Dyer, Esq. Culture.'—It requires the protection of the greenhouse, 
and should be potted in sandy peat earth; it may be increased by cuttings.— 
Bot. Cab. 
TROP.EOLE.E. 
Trop\elum tricolorum. Three-coloured Indian cress, a slender growing- 
creeper. Flowers bright Vermillion colour.— Bot. Mag. Culture.—It requires 
the shelter of the greenhouse, and thrives potted in any rich light loam. Cut¬ 
tings root freely when planted under a common hand glass. 
GROSSULARIE^E. 
Ribes speciosum. (Fig. 109.) Fuchsia-flowered gooseberry. This is by 
far the most showy of this group of Ribes; having the entire habit of the goose¬ 
berry, yet vieing in the brilliancy and form of its flowers with the elegant Fuch¬ 
sia, their colour being a bright crimson. It is one of the many interesting dis¬ 
coveries of Mr. Menzies, who collected specimens of it in California, during the 
voyage of Vancouver. Culture.—It is found to thrive well in the open ground, 
growing to a large bush, and continues in flower for more than six weeks.— Brit. 
FI. Card. 
