. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. issuedunder the inspection of M. Van Houtte, thewell known nurseryman of Ghent. The genus Rogiera appears to have re-ceived its name in honour of a Belgian states-man, M. Ch. Rogier, Minister of the species under notice is a native of Gua-temala, whence it was introduced to theBelgian gardens, probably about the year1848. This, and the species R. JMenechma,R. Roezlii, and R. elegam, are said to re-semble each other so closely, as to present-differences appreciable only by the botanist. R. avicena for
. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. issuedunder the inspection of M. Van Houtte, thewell known nurseryman of Ghent. The genus Rogiera appears to have re-ceived its name in honour of a Belgian states-man, M. Ch. Rogier, Minister of the species under notice is a native of Gua-temala, whence it was introduced to theBelgian gardens, probably about the year1848. This, and the species R. JMenechma,R. Roezlii, and R. elegam, are said to re-semble each other so closely, as to present-differences appreciable only by the botanist. R. avicena forms a beautiful and somewhatsuffruticose plant, of graceful upright habit, NEW TLOWERS AND TLANTS. with broad oblong, entire acuminate, oppositestalkless leaves, from two to three incheslong, deep green on the upper surface, andhaving prominent veins, which incline towhite underneath, the lower surface beingalso generally paler. The younger, or upperleaves, have a faint tinge of brown on bothsides ; and the entire plant, with the excep-tion of the corolla, is covered with short. pubescence or hairs. The flowers are pro-duced at the extremity of the shoots in theform of a compact panicle or cyme, thebranching of which commences immediatelyat the two uppermost leaves where there is asmall cucullate bract enveloping or surround-ing the stem. The peduncles are from halfan inch to an inch long, and the pedicelsabout a quarter of an inch long, and togetherwith the calyx are green and slightly pubes- cent. The corolla consists of a small pinkor rose-coloured tube, having five oblongemarginate lobes of a lighter hue. The fila-ments are inserted near the middle, theanthers surrounding the shortly exsertedstyle at the mouth of the tube. It may be grown in the open ground, butshould be allotted a shady situation. Inwinter it will be necessary to remove it tothe greenhouse. It may also be grown inthe stove, where, of course, it flowers earlierthan in the greenhouse or the open :
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