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soms, and if it can be kept in that state it will be a good green- 

 house shrub. We fear, however, that it will become naked, 

 and leafless ; in which case it will only rank with such plants 

 as Bossisea Scolopendrium. 



51. BOSSISEA eriocarpa. 



Bentham in HugeVs Enumeratio. 



A little Swan River bush, lately flowered by Mr. Groom 

 of Clapham. It has been expected to prove a plant worth 

 cultivation, for it has a dwarf habit, and a pretty good foliage. 

 Its flowers, however, prove to be of a dingy nankin colour, and 

 therefore render it but little suited for ornamental purposes. 

 It is, however, a curious thing. 



52. GONGORA truncata. 



G. truncata; sepalis lateralibus rotundato-oblongis supremo obovato apicu- 

 lato carinato, petalis minimis ovatis acutis decurrentibus quinquenerviis, 

 labclli vemicati hypochibo medio compresso (unde bicamerato) margine 

 laevi apice bicorni, epicbilio ovato canaliculato. 



A Mexican species, quite distinct from any previously de- 

 scribed ; introduced from Mexico by Mr. Rucker, who received 

 it from Linden in 1840. The flowers are pale straw colour, 

 with some brownish purple speckles and a yellower lip. Before 

 expansion they are almost of the form of a bean ; which is 

 owing to their sepals being so blunt that when flattened they 

 are nearly half oblong. The lip has no speckles at all, and 

 looks as if varnished. It has a very peculiar scent, aod is a 

 really fine thing. 



53. ACACIA spectabilis. 



Bentham in London Journal of Botany, 1. 383. 



A most beautiful pinnated Acacia, with charming glaucous 

 foliage, and erect racemes of deep yellow balls of flowers, 

 introduced from Swan River by Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and 

 Co. of Exeter, and just flowered by H. B. Lott, Esq., of 

 Tracey House, near Honiton. It is one of the very finest 

 species in cultivation. 



