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NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
o» Be,jaiua coarctata, Humboldt and Ponpland. Close-headed Bejaria ( Paxt. FI. Gard., i., t. 17).—Nat. Ord., 
Ericaceae § Bhododendreae.—A beantifnl half-hardy evergreen shrub, the branches of which are shaggy with 
spreading hairs. The leaves are oval-acute, on short stalks, closely inhricated, glaucous beneath. The flowers are 
in close terminal corymbs ; the petals, seven or eight in number, erect, nearly parallel—that is, not spreading ; the 
coloiu, deep crimson. From the Andes of New Grenada, and the mountains of Peru. Introduced about 1848 by 
Mr Piudie. Flowers about May. Duke of Northumberland. 
Bryanthits erectus, Findley. Upright Bryanth [Paxt. FI. Gard ., i., t. 19).—Nat. Ord., Ericaceae § Ericeee.— 
A charming little hardy shrub, more impatient of heat and dry air than of cold. It forms a compact dwarf hush, 
with erect much-branched stems, hearing linear-obtuse, ohscurely-serrated leaves, and flowers, eight or ten together 
in corymbs from the ends of the branchlets. The flowers are campanulate, resembling miniature kalmias, of a 
delicate pink or flesh coloiu ; very pretty indeed. It is said to he a hybrid between Bhodothamnus (Bhododendron) 
Chamaecistus, and Phyllodoce taxifolia (Menziesia coerulea) ; and Dr. Lindley thinks it may he a cross between 
these plants, though he would rather refer its origin to the P. empetriformis (M. empetriformis). The north side 
of walls where the sun never shines, and low, but thoroughly-drained places, suit this and allied plants ; better 
still, damp cold shaded pits in which the air remains always damp. A garden hybrid, obtained by Mr. Cunningham 
of Edinburgh. Baised ? Flowers in spring. 
IIypocyrta gracilis, Martins. Slender Hypocyrta {Pot. Mag., t. 4531).—Nat. Ord., Gesneraceae § Gesnerese.— 
A pretty creeping stove plant, with branched purplish brown stems, rooting from below the insertion of the leaves. 
The leaves are opposite an inch long, thick, fleshy, ovate, on short petioles ; dark green above, paler and often 
blotched with red beneath. The flowers grow singly or in pairs, on short red peduncles, from the axils ; the corolla 
is rather large, between funnel-shaped and bell-shaped, with a curved tube; creamy white, spotted with orange 
on the underside of the tube within ; the limb consisting of five, nearly equal, rounded segments. According to 
Dr. Lindley, this is probably an Alloplectus. From the Organ Mountains of Brazil. Introduced before 1850. 
Flowers in spring. Messrs. Backhouse of York. 
