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THE FLORIST’S JOURNAL. 
the Royal Gardens at Kew. It requires the ordinary treatment 
of greenhouse plants, and blossoms in the months of May and 
June.— Bot. Mag. 
Didynamia Angiospermia — Gesneriacece. 
Gesneria Polyantha. This is another beautiful addition to 
the already splendid genus Gesneria, for which we are indebted 
to Mr. Lobb, Messrs. Veitch’s indefatigable collector, who dis¬ 
covered it on the Organ mountains of Brazil. It is a tall growing 
species, with ample foliage, one leaf measuring, exclusive of the 
petiole, afoot in length and nine inches broad. The flowers are 
two inches long, of a rich scarlet, the mouth having yellow rays. 
They are copiously produced, on panicles, and are drooping. 
The first flowers were produced in August, 1842, at the Mount 
Radford Nursery, Exeter.— -Bot. Mag. 
Diadelphia Decandria— -Leguminosce. 
Lathyrus Pubescens. This everlasting pea was introduced 
by Mr. Tweedie from Buenos Ayres. It appears to have an ex¬ 
tensive range on the South American coast. The general habit 
of the plant resembles L. nervosus; the flowers are large, of a 
purplish blue, and are produced in May. Hitherto the plants 
have been kept in a greenhouse, but it seems probable that it 
will be found hardy enough to withstand our winters in the open 
air.— Bot. Mag. 
Pentandria Digynia — Apocynece. 
Echites Hirsuta. This plant, though less beautiful than 
E. splendens, is yet a very handsome plant, bearing its delicate 
yellow and rose coloured flowers, of a large size, in the month 
of September. It is another of Mr. Lobb’s additions to our stove 
plants, and, like other echites, is well suited for twining round 
low pillars, or the bottom of the rafters of the house. The flowers 
are borne on close racemes; they are spreading, funnel-shaped, 
each being about two inches across ; the limb is of a pale yellow 
or primrose colour, and the tube delicately tinted with rose. 
Bot. Mag . 
Octandria Monogynia — Onagrarice. 
Fuchsia Alpestris. This species of fuchsia was found by 
Mr. Gardner growing in moist, bushy, rocky places on the 
