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at last melting into a delicate green at the end of the sepals. The petals 
are of the most vivid vermilion. Although the flowers appear singly from 
the axils of the leaves, yet their size is such-as to render them very con- 
spicuous objects; and moreover it appears probable that every leaf will pro¬ 
duce its flower.— Bot. Reg. 41 45. 
MAGNOLiACEiE. — Polygctmia Moncecia. 
Tasmannia aromatica. A hardy greenhouse evergreen shrub from Van 
Diemen’s Land; it possesses but little attraction, having dull purple 
branches and small dead green leaves ; the flowers, too, are rather incon¬ 
spicuous, small, white, faintly marked with pink. Every part of the plant, 
however, is highly aromatic and pungent to the taste. The fruit is occa¬ 
sionally used by the settlers as pepper. — Bot. Beg. 43—45. 
Amauyllidace^e. — Hexandria Monogynia. 
Callipsyche eucrosioides. A very curious bulbous plant, from St. Bias or 
S. Felipe, on the west coast of Mexico, having dull scarlet flowers, chiefly 
remarkable for the great length of the green filaments which support the 
stamens; these are nearly five inches long, and appear, from their weig i , o 
depress the flowers, and, after their protrusion from the limb of the flower, 
curve upwards, imparting to the whole a most grotesque appearance. ihe 
plant usually blossoms before the leaves are produced. It seems to like 
shade and heat, and flowers in the month of March. Bot. Reg. 4j—45. 
SELAGiNACEiE. — Didynamia Angiospermia. 
Selago dislans. A very pretty little greenhouse plant of easy culture, and 
very desirable on account of its early and long continuance m flower; the 
great peculiarity of this species is its loose spikes of delicately-tinted white 
flowers, produced all over the plant, and the small, slender, downy leaves, 
which are solitary on the young branches and fascicled on the old ones. A 
peculiarity in its culture is, that it should be repotted about the beginning of 
August, so as to have it well established before winter; for,. if repotted in 
spring, its flowering will be retarded, or entirely prevented During the 
summer an ample supply of water should be given to its roots, and in ho 
weather it must be syringed over head, night and morning .—Bot. Reg. 
46—45. 
GESNERACEiE. — Didynamia Angiospermia. 
Achimenes argyrostigma. Among many novelties sent by our collector for 
the Royal Botanic Gardens from the Sierra Nivada ue Sta. Marta in New 
Grenada, is the present highly-interesting plant. The leaves a ^ P e cuharly 
beautiful, of a rich, velvety dark green, with a tinge of purple, spotted wi. 
white, as in Begonia argyrostigma. The flowers are white or cream-colour, 
spotted with red; and, though individually small, yet, being pioduced nu¬ 
merously on long spikes (which are also numerous), and continuing 
beauty for a long period, the plant is likely to become a favourite. It 
requires the treatment usual for the genus. Bot. Mag. 4 / o. 
Acanthaceje. — Didynamia Angiospermia. 
Porphyrocoma lanceolata. For the possession of this truly charming stove 
plant ^the Royal Botanic Gardens are indebted to Mr. Forkel, Gardenei to 
His Majesty the King of the Belgians, at Brussels, who sent it under the 
above name but unfortunately without any history. It produces s^g^arly 
richly-coloured spikes of deep purple, from within the scales of which the 
scarcely less brightly coloured (but more inclined to blue) flowers appear. 
