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Liliace^e § Asphodele^e. —Hexandria Monogynia. 
Ornithogalum nanum. A pretty little hardy bulb which grows freely in 
very rich sandy loam, and flowers in March. It is certainly very distinct 
from any of the genus otherwise in cultivation; its stiff narrow leaves and 
short-stalked dwarf corymbs offering characters not to be mistaken. It is 
said to grow in marshy meadows at Berbeck, near Constantinople. Ac¬ 
cording to Sibthorp it occurs in dry hills in Arcadia and about Abydos. — 
Bot. Reg. 39-45. 
Grossulace^:. — Pentcindria Monogynia. 
Ribes sanguineum flore pleno. This is a seedling variety possessing double 
flowers, of the well-known scarlet-blossomed currant, and must prove a 
most acceptable addition to our early spring flowering shrubs. The racemes 
are rather larger than those of the parent species; the flowers full and 
double as a rose, and the colour a rich vivid crimson. It is described as 
being about three weeks later in flowering than the original species. The 
merit of originating this valuable hardy shrub is due to Mr. David Dick, 
gardener to the Right Hon. the Earl of Selkirk, at St. Mary’s Isle, Kir¬ 
cudbright. — Pax. Mag. Bot. 
Gentianaceje — Pentandria Monogynia. 
Chironia jloribunda. Respecting the native country of this pretty bright- 
red flowering little plant we have no direct evidence; but, like the rest of 
the family, it has doubtless been obtained from the Cape of Good Hope. It 
was introduced to this country from the continent last year by Messrs. 
Jackson, of the Kingston nursery, and is identical with the C. Fislieri of 
Messrs. Rollison’s establishment, obtained about the same time from a 
similar source. In character it is a low-growing plant, divided into 
numerous branches, which spread out in a lateral direction and speedily 
form a neat compact bush, flowering near the extremity of each shoot_ Pax. 
Mag. Bot. 
Leianthus longifolius. A rare plant in our gardens. It was introduced, 
however, to Kew as early as 1793, by Capt. Bligh, of H. M. S. Providence, 
and then lost to our collections till 1825, when it was published in the 
Botanical Register from plants in the nursery of Messrs. Lee and Kennedy, 
at Hammersmith. Again it seems to have been wanting to our stoves till the 
summer of 1844, when it flowered in that of His Grace the Duke of 
Northumberland at Syon, and that of Kew, to both which places the 
seeds were sent by their collector, Mr. Purdie. The habit of this plant very 
nearly resembles that of L. nigreseens; the flowers, however, are bright 
yellow- Bot. Mag. 4169. 
Musace^. — Pentandria Monogynia. 
Strelitzia Augusta. Anteniqua Land in Southern Africa is the station 
assigned for this plant by Thunberg, who describes the native caudex or trunk 
as eighteen feet long, and the leaves and petioles from the summit of that 
nearly as much more. It was introduced to Europe in 1791, by Mr. F. Mas¬ 
son, then Botanical Collector for the Kew Gardens, where it has lately 
flowered; the flowers are like those of S. Regince, except that they are pure 
white : the spathe, however, affords a fine contrast in its exceedingly rich 
deep purple tint. The Kew plant has, including its leaves, attained a height 
of twenty-three feet. — Bot. Mag. 4168. 
Malvaceae. — Monadelphia Polyandria. 
Sida ( Abutilon ) paeoniceflora. Another of the interesting discoveries of 
Mr. W m. Lobb in the Organ Mountains of Brazil. It is a strong-growing 
