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Didynamia Angiosperm i a— Labicitce. 
Scutellaria Splendens. A scarlet flowering species, first 
bloomed by Messrs. Henderson, Pine-apple Place, in the 
autumn of 1841, and continued the entire season of 1842. It 
is a dwarf and compact-growing plant, apparently of an ever¬ 
green herbaceous or subshrubby habit, and sending up numerous 
stems, from the tops of which the spikes of flowers proceed ; 
these are of rather loose elegant character, and the individual 
blossomsthough somewhat small, are of so splendid a deep scarlet 
tint, that the plant is rendered attractive from this circumstance. 
It will probably succeed in a warm greenhouse, and is benefited 
by frequent stopping. Said to be a native of Mexico. — Pax. 
Mag. Bot. 
Mon a Delphi a Decandri a. — Leguminosce. 
Hovea Splendens. Was raised in the nursery of Mr. Knight, 
Kings Road, Chelsea, from seeds collected in the Swan-river 
Colony, and presented to Mr. Knight by Captain Mangles, r.n. 
Its general characteristics bear a considerable resemblance to 
the best of all hoveas, H. celsii. On a more attentive inspection 
however, and a comparison of the two plants they are materially 
different. The leaves of this plant are closer, more ovate, a 
little inclined to be cordate at the base, stipulate, having a strong 
mucrone at the end, and deep green on the upper side. The 
flowers appear always to come in pairs, and the branches seem 
altogether weaker than those of H. celsii. 
This as well as all other hoveas requires to be more frequently 
stopped at the points than is the general practice, in other re¬ 
spects the usual treatment is sufficient.—Pax. Mag. Bot. 
Didynamia Angiospermia .— Gesneriacece. 
Nematanthus Longipes. The Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew 
are indebted to Messrs. Rollison, of Tooting, for the possession 
of this truly beautiful plant. It seems to have been introduced 
from Brazil to Paris, and probably by the late M. Guillemin, 
to the Jardin des Plants, whence it was sent to Messrs. Rollison 
by Mr. Neumann of that establishment. 
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It is a soft-wooded half-shrubby climber, with handsome 
foliage, from the axils of the leaves, the long slender peduncles 
hang down, apparently drooping with the weight of the large 
richly-coloured scarlet flowers. The plant succeeds well in the 
moist heat of an orchidaceous house, and makes a most hand¬ 
some appearance if trained to a wire trellis. It has been found 
by Mr. Gardener in woods of the Corcovado, Brazil.— Bot. 
Mag. 
Monadelphia Polyandria. — Ternstremiacece. 
Polyspora Axillaris. A camellia-like plant, with pale cream 
coloured flowers. It was sent by Mr. Makoy, of Liege, to the 
Botanic Gardens, Kew, where it flowered in November 1842 ; 
