. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. ies, however, in the beauty which we have above noticed, andto which it is capable of being brought, we should decidedly prefer keeping it in agreenhouse or conservatory, in which it could be planted out in an open bed orborder and trained up the rafters of the roof. From the latter, the pendentbranches, profusely covered with their gay blossoms, would create a very delightfulefifect. In regard to soil, one tliat is neither rich nor sterile will be most suitable. Acompost of sandy loam and hcatli-mould will best answer the end; an
. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. ies, however, in the beauty which we have above noticed, andto which it is capable of being brought, we should decidedly prefer keeping it in agreenhouse or conservatory, in which it could be planted out in an open bed orborder and trained up the rafters of the roof. From the latter, the pendentbranches, profusely covered with their gay blossoms, would create a very delightfulefifect. In regard to soil, one tliat is neither rich nor sterile will be most suitable. Acompost of sandy loam and hcatli-mould will best answer the end; and, perhapsthe addition of a small quantity of sand will be useful. Cuttings taken from thepoints of the extreme branches of flowering specimens will produce blooming plantssooner than those obtained from specimens in an earlier or more rampant stao-e. The genus is named in compliment to the Abbu Bignon, librarian to Louis species derives its designation from the tendrils which accompany the is a native of the southern parts of North /ia >^j ca-7a/<re -;-/o///,t. r 247 MARIANTHUS CCERULEO-PUNCTATUS. (blue spotted-flowered MARIANTHUS.)CLASS. OIlDEa. PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. NATURAL ORDER. PITTOSPORACE^. Generic Character.— small, five-parted, lobes equal. Petals five, equnl, linear-spatulate, con-nivent at the base, canipainilately spreading at the summit. Stamens five, hypogj-nous, ascending;Anthers ovate, obtuse, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary deelinate, oblong, compressed, ^/e filiform, subfaleate, continuous with the ovary; stigma capitate. Specific Character Plant a climbing shrub. Branches pubcsrent, slender, twining to a great length. Leaves sliortly petiolatc, slightly villous ; inferior ones spatulate, shortest, acute, toothed, or a littlepinnate ; u}iper ones oblong, acute, entire. Peduncles , opposite the leaf, umbellate-cymose,many-flowered. Flowers pale blue. Calyx with five hairy segmen
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