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perfectly distinct species, but as fine a one as any in the genus, V. Catlicartii, 

 perhaps, alone excepted." It is a native of the Moluccas. 



Cob^a penduliflora, Pendidous-jlowered Cobcea (Bot. Mag., t. 5757). — 

 A singular and graceful climber, quite unlike the common Cobrea of our green- 

 houses, the chief difference being in its immensely long corolla tubes, and the pro- 

 jection of the stamens, which form five rays, as in gloriosa. Dr. Hooker supposes 

 the arrangement of the stamens " intended to secure cross-impregnation, by 

 removing the anthers to the furthest distance from the stigma." 



Onciditjm xanthodum, Golden-toothed Oncidium (Bot. Mag., t. 5756). — A 

 remarkably fine orchid, the flowers in a slender twining scape, six to eight feet 

 long, of a rich chocolate-brown colour, with golden crisped and crenate edges. 



Delostoma dentatum, Toothed-leaved Delostoma (Bot. Mag., t. 5754).— A 

 beautiful bignoninceous plant, with the habit of a Gesnera. Native of Quilo. It 

 is a small shrub. The leaves are broadly oblong, four to five inches long, the flowers 

 two inches in diameter, white suffused with pale rose. 



Aglaoxema Mannii, Mr. 

 Mr. Mann's Aglaonema, (Bot. 

 Mag., t. 5760).— An interesting 

 Arad from tropical Africa. It 

 has a stem two feet high, leaves 

 five to seven inches long, and 

 spathe two inches long; white, 

 scarcely attractive. 



Amomum sci ptrum, Sceptrate 

 Grain of Paradise (Bot. 3Iag., 

 t. 5761). — A beautiful plant from 

 the Gaboon River. The leaves 

 are eight to ten inches long ; 

 the flowers three inches long, of 

 a bright rose colour. 



K^mpferia Pakishii, Mr. 

 Parish's Kmmpferia (Bot. Mag., 

 t. 5763). — A prelty representa- 

 tive of the Scitaminea?, native of 

 the forests of Moulmein. The 

 flowers are purple and white ; 

 they appear before the leaves. 



Allamanda nobilis, Noble 

 Allamanda (Bot Mag., t. 5764). 

 — A magnificent plant, imported 

 from the Rio Branco by Mr. 

 Bull, of Chelsea, and certainly 

 one of the finest stove climbers 

 in cultivation. Dr. Hooker says, 

 " As a species, I doubt very 

 much its proving distinct from 

 A. Schotlii, A. grandiflora, A. 

 Aubletii, and A. Hendersonii ; 

 but as a horticultural acquisi- 

 tion, either in habit, or the large 

 size and full green of the foliage, 

 or in the very large flower, its 

 regular contour and bright colour, or in the number of flowers produced, 

 or in their magnolia-like odour — altogether rendering it one of the most 

 gorgeous free-flowering stove plants introduced into Europe for many years past." 

 The flowers occur in six to eight-flowered axillary racemes ; the corolla is four to 

 five and a half inches across ; the colour fine golden yellow, with pale spot at the 

 base of each segment. 



Cyclamen Africanum, Algerian Cyclamen (Bot. Mag., t. 5758). — An ex- 

 tremely beautiful and large variety of one of the European kinds, probably C. Nea- 

 politanum. The roots sometimes attain the size of a large turnip. The flowers are 

 white with purple tinge, and deep purple spots at the base of the petals. 



COBiEA PENDULIFLOBA. 



