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species partly described by M. DeCundoUe from specimens 

 collected by Mr. Guim, (no. 284), and sent him by me; but 

 it differs from that plant in not having shaggy involucres, 

 and in its leaves, which are longer and thinner, not being 

 revolute at the margin, &c. In habit it is more like E. glan- 

 dulosa, DC. also a Van Diemen's Land plant ; but the latter 

 species has numerous campanulate flower-heads and a short 

 ray. All the green parts of this plant are covered by specks 

 of a whitish viscid exudation. 



113. STANHOPEA ocw/afa. Botanical Register, t. 1800. 



Var. Barkeriana ; sepalis petalis et columnas dorso purpureo maculatis, liypo- 

 chilii sacco discolore. 



This is a remarkable variety of S. oculata, obtained from 

 Mexico by Mr. Barker. It looks like S, insigjiis with the 

 lip of S. oculata, and is very handsome. The sepals, petals, 

 and column are covered with numerous purple freckles rather 

 than spots, which, as the flower fades, run together, as if 

 their colouring matter were dissolved ; so that at last the 

 flower becomes of a dull wine-red tint. 



114. PORTULACA grandifiora ; rutila. Hooker in Botanical Magazine, 

 t. 2885. 



This is a beautiful variety of a greenhouse perennial, of 

 whose brilliancy the figure above quoted in the Botanical 

 Magazine gives an inadequate idea. The flowers arc the 

 richest crimson, more bright than even P. GiUiesii, and they 

 are nearly as large as a half-crown when full blown. The 

 plant is succulent, with long cylindrical leaves, and will only 

 expand its blossoms under sunshine ; but as it is easily culti- 

 vated that circumstance signifies little, and when it does open 

 it is a magnificent object. The plants I am describing have 

 been raised in the garden of the Horticultural Society, from 

 seed sent from Florence by the Hon. Frederick Thelluson. 

 The species is a native of Mendoza. 



115. STENOCHILUS longifolius (A. Cunn. mss.) ; foliis linearibus canali- 

 culatis acuminatis coriaceis glanduloso-punctatis minutissime pubescentibus 

 floribus pluries longioribus, corollu tomentosa : limbo subtequaliter 5-par- 

 tito, ovario biloculari. 



A shrub, discovered many years ago by Mr. Allan Cun- 

 ningham, in the interior of New Holland, and latterly again 

 met with by Major Sir Thomas Mitchell, by wliose people it 



