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superior plant, the habit is stronger and freer, and the foliage larger, 
while the flowers are far more attractive and of a greater size; their 
dimensions, in fact, are nearly twice as great as those of F. Chandlerii, and 
the colours are richer and more decided. The sepals are of a pale whitish 
blush, tinged with green at the tips, long, pointed, and seldom at all re¬ 
flexed, though expanding well; the corolla is particularly large, and of a deep 
purplish crimson hue. The plant bears its flowers in great abundance from 
the axils of its leaves. It will most probably be one of those sorts which 
look best when kept in a comparatively small state, and hence it will be 
advisable to propagate it frequently from cuttings, in order to have young 
specimens. After it begins to grow in the spring, it should never receive a 
check till it has nearly ceased to flower in the autumn. One of its good 
properties appears to be that its blossoms do not fall off like those of other 
Fuchsias, but remain on till they are quite withered. It also bears forcing 
remarkably well. — Pax. May. Bot. 
Bromeliaceje. — Hexandria Monogynia. 
Barbacenia squamata. For the introduction of this plant, cultivators are 
indebted to Messrs. Veitch and Sons, of Exeter, whose collector, Mr. Lobb, 
forwarded seeds from Brazil in 1841. The genus Barbacenia has been long 
known to the admirers of plants through the B. purpurea , another Brazilian 
species of considerable merit, and through the more recently introduced 
B. gracilis. These are all that have yet been received in England, though 
twelve species are mentioned by Martius in his Plantarum Brasiliensis. 
They are found growing in arid situations on mountains, at an elevation of 
from 1000 to J500 feet, and only between the 14th and 23d degrees of lati¬ 
tude. Most of the species — and amongst them the present — have long 
narrow leaves collected on a short stem into a tuft, and when without their 
flowers have an appearance resembling some of our mountain sedges. The 
flowers are solitary, on long slender footstalks, the tube and sepals of a pale 
bright orange, and the petals the same colour, but of a darker shade. Few 
plants are able to bear the want of water for a longer period without sustain¬ 
ing injury, and, except during the period of the most active growth, much 
moisture appears to be inimical to their welfare. They require a warm 
moist heat to start them in spring, but a cool and dry situation is necessary 
to induce them to develop an abundance of bloom, and to preserve them 
through the winter. — Pax. Mag. Bot. 
Ericaceae. — Octandria Monogynia. 
Erica Murryana. A hybrid raised by Mr. A. Turnbull, of Botliwell 
Castle gardens, near Hamilton, Scotland. It is between E. aristata minor 
and E. vestita coccinea, possessing much of the habit of the former, and the 
brilliant flowers of the latter, but differing in a terminal and less dense head. 
It is a fine variety. — Pax. Mag. Bot. 
Plumbagine.e. — Pentandria Pentagynia. 
Statice Pseudo-armeria. A very handsome greenhouse species, having 
small neat foliage, and large dense heads of bright pink flowers, probably the 
easiest to manage, and the most showy of the whole genus. 
Respecting its native place we have been unable to gather any inform¬ 
ation. Messrs. Rollison received plants of it from the Jardin des Plantes in 
Paris in the summer of 1841. But these were unaccompanied by any 
memoranda. Probably with several other members of the genus, it is a 
native of the South of Europe. — Pax. Mag. Bot. 
