DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF NEW 1 PLANTS. 
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DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF NEW PLANTS. 
Malvaceae. —Monadelphia Polyandria. 
Sida ( Abutilon ) vitifolia. One of the handsomest of the 
genus, but too much of the “ mallow” kind to be a general fa¬ 
vorite with cultivators. Seeds were sent from Chili to Mr. Veitch, 
by his collector, Mr. W. Lobb, in 1844, and plants blossomed in 
the greenhouse in May, 1845. The plant was first, however, 
brought to Europe by Captain Cottingham, in 1836, and was 
cultivated in the open border, in Dublin, for three years without 
any shelter. In England generally, however, it requires the pro¬ 
tection of a greenhouse. The plant forms a shrub, attaining a 
height of from four to six feet, with large, ample foliage on 
branches which terminate in corymbose racemes of showy blueish- 
lilac flowers.— Bot. May. 4227. 
ScROPHULARiNEiE. Didynamia Angiospermia. 
Torenia edentula. This very pretty annual made its appear¬ 
ance in some earth in flower-pots in the stove at Kew, and had no 
doubt come from some part in the East Indies. On examination, 
it was found to correspond exactly with a species from Assam, 
called by Mr. Bentham T. edentula. It is probably found also 
in other parts of our Eastern possessions. The broad calyx, as 
long, or nearly so, as the tube of the corolla, is very characteristic 
of this species; and the two deep purple blotches on the lateral 
lobes of the limb which renders the blossom so bright and lively, 
are conspicuous even in many dried specimens. It has an erect, 
branching stem, and opposite, ovate, acuminate leaves. The flowers 
are pretty freely produced, the tube of the corolla is green, tinged 
with purple, and is almost wholly included in the calyx; the 
limb is composed of five, nearly equal, rounded lobes, yellowish 
white, variegated with pale purple, the two lateral lobes, having 
each a deep purple blotch. The plant flowers in July and 
August.— Bot. Mag. 4229. 
Verbenaclee. —Didynamia Angiospermia . 
zEgiphilia grandijlora. Of the native country of this very 
pretty shrub, I regret to say, we are ignorant. We are indebted 
for flowering specimens in December, 1845, to Mr. Henderson, 
of Pine Apple-place, who received plants from Mr. Mackoy, of 
