. 
3. Manertra unrriora, /7. B. XK. 
Hispido-pilosa, caule volubili, ramis teretibus, foliis ovatis acuminatis 
breviuscule petiolatis, pedunculis diphyllis unifloris, calyce 8-lobo lobis ob- 
longo-ovatis reflexis, corolle hirsute (intense roses) tubo subcylindraceo 
supra basin paululum contracto, limbo 4-lobo patente, fauce villosa, stami- 
num filamentis supra basin insertis villosis inclusis, stylo exserto glabro.— 
f. B. K. Nov. Gen, Am. vol. iti. p. 387. 
Has. New Andalusia; Huméoldt. Santa Martha; introduced, in 1844, 
by Mr. W. Purdie. 
This pretty climber was received at the Royal Gardens of Kew 
from our collector, Mr. Purdie. It is extremely different from 
any species of Manettia hitherto in cultivation, and appears to be 
identical with the J. uniflora of H.B.K. The whole plant is 
hirsute, almost hispid, even the corolla, on the outside. It flowers 
copiously from September to Christmas, at which season it seems 
‘to be in perfection and will probably contimue so for some time ; 
the corollas, of rather a deep red rose-colour at first, become very 
pale before falling off. 
4. PassirLtora pirrormis, /7. B.K. 
Volubilis, foliis peltatis bilobis (vel trilobis lobo medio brevissimo obso- 
leto) lobis divaricatissimis ovato-acuminatis glabris integerrimis binerviis 
subtus remote parce ocellatis, petiolo infra medium biglanduloso peduncu- 
lis 1—-3-floris, flore parvo ebracteato, calyce (viridi) 5-lobo, corona duplici, 
int. e filamentis pluri-serialibus brevibus erectis atro-fuscis, ext. e filamentis 
simplici serie patentibus subclavatis, parte inferiori fusco-brunnea reliqua 
viridii—H. B. K. Nov. Gen. Am. vol. iii. p. 136. 
Has. New Grenada, Quindiu; Humboldt. Santa Martha ; introduced, 
in 1844, by Mr. W. Purdie. 
A very distinctly marked and singular species of Passion-flower, 
with small, green and black flowers, and leaves of two (scarcely 
three) horizontally divergent acuminated lobes; very near, as 
Humboldt and Kunth remark, to P. coriacea (Juss. in Ann. Mus. 
t. 6. p. 108. t. 34. £. 2.), and probably only a variety. It is easily 
cultivated in the stove, trained to a balloon-trellice, and flowers 
during the autumn and winter months. From the shape of the 
riba this might not unaptly be called the Baf’s-wing Passion- 
ower. ; 
5. Pistta Stratiotes, L. 
Pistia occidentalis, B/7. Kunth. 
Has. Tropical and subtropical countries, throughout the world appa- 
rently. Introduced from Jamaica to Kew, by Mr. W. Purdie, in 1843. 
_ We have spoken of the Platycerium biforme as among the most 
remarkable of epiphytal plants, and with equal justice the present 
