218 DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF NEW PLANTS. 
lobed, white, with orange spots at the base, and two orange spots 
in the sinuses of the lobes.— Bot. Mag. 4246. 
Amaryllidacers.— Monogynia. 
Collania Andinamarcana. The original specimen of this beau¬ 
tiful plant was described by the Hon. and Aery Rev. Mr. Herbert, 
from a native sample in my Herbarium, gathered by Mr. Mathews 
on the lofty mountains of Andinamarca, in Peru. It is a tall, 
straggling, and, no doubt, on its native hills, a climbing plant 
(bearing some resemblance to Convallaria). The decurved apex 
of the stem bears a drooping umbel of racemes of flowers, which 
are also pendent; the three sepals are oblong, straight, orange- 
red tipped with black; the three petals are straight, spathulate, 
pale yellow tipped with green, and that green streaked with 
brown. They are large and very showy.— Bot. Mag. 424/. 
Acanthace^e. — Didynamia Angiospermia. 
Asystasia Coromandeliana. A frequent plant in India, accord¬ 
ing to Dr. AYallich; and the wonder is that it has not before 
now been introduced into our collections. The Kew Gardens 
owe their possession of it to Mr. Henderson, of Pine Apple Place, 
Edgware Road. It flourishes in stove heat, and flowers throughout 
the autumn, when the large racemes of purple flowers make the 
plant very attractive. — Bot. Mag. 4248. 
ScROPHULARiNEiE. —Didynamia Angiospermia. 
Torenia Asiatica. It is not by any means easy for a painter 
to do justice to the rich purple-blue tinge of the flowers of this 
plant; which, with the size of the blossoms, the three dark purple 
blotches on the pale ground, together with the delicate yellow- 
green of the rather copious foliage, renders this one of the most 
lovely plants that has lately been introduced to our stove collec¬ 
tions. It is an annual; and we are indebted for the seeds to 
AY. Strachan, Esq.,Twickenham, who received them from Curtallam. 
The plants blossomed through the summer of 1846; and, as the 
cuttings strike freely* we find ourselves readily able to propagate 
the species should the parent plants fail to bear seed. Even 
amidst the splendid display of vegetable productions exhibited 
at the June show of the Chiswick Gardens, this attracted no 
