. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. are, moreover, liberallydeveloped from near the colour of the blooms is of avery rich orange red on the upperpart, and a light yellowish orangebeneath, with a quantity of brightred spots in the tliroat. Beingpendulous, they are, when theplant is elevated on an ordinarystage, examined to great ad-vantage. But the leaves are, perhaps,the most interesting, because themost permanent features. They are of a rich and lively green, with numerous andirregular streaks and bands of a purplish tint, and the whole has a remarkablyvel
. Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants. are, moreover, liberallydeveloped from near the colour of the blooms is of avery rich orange red on the upperpart, and a light yellowish orangebeneath, with a quantity of brightred spots in the tliroat. Beingpendulous, they are, when theplant is elevated on an ordinarystage, examined to great ad-vantage. But the leaves are, perhaps,the most interesting, because themost permanent features. They are of a rich and lively green, with numerous andirregular streaks and bands of a purplish tint, and the whole has a remarkablyvelvety appearance. It has hitherto been managed as a stove plant, and kept in a moderate heat, withproper supplies of moisture. As it blooms in the autumn, and does not cease onthe approach of ^-inter, it ^^^ll be advisable to go on watering it till it shows naturalsigns of decay, when its habits may be fully ascertained. A rather rich compostwill be appropriate; and it would seem capable of ready increase by , too, will most likely be 273 FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. NEW OR RARE PLANTS FIGORED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL PERIODICALS FOR DECEMBER. Beg5nia diversifolia. Assimilating to B. Marliana in some particulars,but differing in the foliage, -whicli is small, very unequal in its two sides, and greatlyvarying in form. It is a plant of an interesting appearance, and produces finepink flowers, which appear to be almost without a rival, in size and beauty, amongthe allied species. It flowered lately, and for a considerable period, at Mr. Lows,Clapton. Epacris, hyhrid. Some novelties, in the way of hybrid Epacrises, are nowflowering in Mr. Lows greenhouses, at Clapton; and one, which is the mostdistinct, has peculiarly dense recurved leaves, like those of E. coccinea, and short,thickly-set flowers. But the latter are white in the lower part of the tube, anddeep pink at tlie top ; thus presenting two separate and clearly defined tints in thesame blossom. What is ra
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