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combines the form of alba with much of the delicate colouring of its other 
parent rosea; the inner surface of its spreading limb is of the richest bright 
silky texture, and the flower being upright instead of pendulous, this portion 
is exposed to view; No. 4., Ferruyinea, sprung from alba and Grevillii, and 
is a free bloomer; and No. 5., Pallida, is a fine, long, cream-coloured flower^ 
with an excellent character of growth: it was produced from rufra and 
alba, and flowers very copiously. — Pax. Mag. Bot. 
Apocynaceae. — Pentandria Monogynia. 
Allamanda grandifiora. This plant was discovered by Mr. Gardner whilst 
exploring the Brazils ; and from seeds supplied by him in 1836, it was reared 
in the Comely Bank Nursery, Edinburgh. It seems doubtful whether it 
can be regarded as a distinct species, and we are more disposed to regard it 
as a strongly-marked variety of A. cathartica. The most prominent distin¬ 
guishing traits which it presents are the larger size of the blossoms, usually 
between four and four inches and a half in diameter, their paler colour, and 
the absence of a climbing character. The leaves, moreover, are smaller, 
more closely nei'ved, and commonly three in a whorl, whilst the complement 
in A. cathartica is generally four. A healthy plant, under good manage¬ 
ment, will form a compact bush, two or three feet high, and nearly as much 
across, in the course of a season. The blossoms are disclosed during the 
latter part of summer, and continue to open till late in October. — Pax. 
Mag. Bot. 
Leguminoste. —Diadelphia Decandria. 
Lupinus ramosissimus. This is a pretty, half-hardy, shrubby species, with 
purple flowers, growing three or four feet high in any good garden soil, and 
well suited for cultivation in the open border, if treated as a summer 
annual. The plant was raised in the garden of the Horticultural Society, 
from seeds collected by Mr. Hartweg on Chimborazo, at an elevation of 
13,000 feet above the level of the sea. The flowers smell like those of the 
sweet pea. — Bot. Beg. 25-45. 
Crassulace^e. — Decandria Pentagynia. 
Echeveria Scheerii. Although this is by no means so handsome a species 
■ as some of those already known, it is far from being unworthy of cultivation. 
Its leaves are large and glaucous, and its orange-red flowers, notwithstanding 
their dingy colour, are abundant, tolerably large, and gracefully arranged. 
For its introduction the public is indebted to Frederick Scheer, Esq., of 
Kew, a zealous collector of succulent plants, and whose name it will hence¬ 
forth bear. It is a native of Mexico, whence seeds were received by that 
gentleman, and presented to the Horticultural Society in September, 1842. 
It flowers in the winter. — Bot. Beg. 27-45. 
Goodeniaceae. — Pentandria Monogynia. 
Goodenia grandifiora. This plant was raised in the garden of the Horti¬ 
cultural Society from among a parcel of seeds presented by Mr. Bidwill, and 
the packet was labelled “ New Zealand.” It is, however, beyond all doubt, 
the same as the Port Jackson plant, which was long since introduced to this 
country, but which seems to have been generally lost again. Are we then 
to conclude that G. grandifiora is common to both New Holland and New 
Zealand ? or are we to suspect some error in the ticketing ? Be that as it 
may, it is certain we have recovered a very pretty greenhouse perennial 
(not annual or biennial), well worth cultivating for the sake both of the gay 
appearance of the bright yellow flowers, and of their fragrance, which is that 
of orange bloom, only much less powerful. — Bot. Beg 29-45. 
