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Tacsonia eriantiia, Woolly-flowered Tacsonia (Sot. Mag., t. 5750). — A noble 

 passion flower, resembling T. inollissima in colour of flower, which is a delicate 

 rosy pink, but differing conspicuously in the white under-surface of the foliage and 

 long bracts. Though a native of the central regions of America, it grows at great 

 elevations, and is, therefore, when under cultivation in this country, a greenhouse 

 or conservatory plant. 



Saccolabium bigib3Um, Two-crescent-lipped Saccolalium (Bot. Mag., t. 5767). 

 — A curious species from 

 Rangoon. The lip is broadly 

 triangular, with divided cres- 

 cent-shaped, ciliated margin. 

 The colour deep yellow. 



Camellia Japonica foliis 

 variehatis (L'llhtst. Jfort., 

 t. 581). — This variety has 

 single flowers, which are 

 scarcely attractive, and leaves 

 beautifully edged with creamy 

 variegation. 



Camellia sasanqua foliis 



VARIEGATIS (Ibid.) — A good 



companion plant to the fore- 

 going. 



Pyrethrum Souvenir dr 

 Van der Vinnen (L'Jllmt. 

 Sort., t. 583). — A hand- 

 some single flower, of great 

 size ; the colour of the florets 

 deep, rich marone ; the disk 

 orange. 



Thomson's Golden Cham- 

 pion Grape (L'lllust. Sort., 

 t. 578). — A good figure of 

 this noble white grape, the 

 best of its class iu cultiva- 

 tion. 



PiEONIA OFFICINALIS, Var. 



auueo-limbata. (L'lllust. 

 Sort, t. 579). — An ugly 

 preony, not worth figuring. 



Palava flexuosa, flexu- 

 ous-stemmed Palava (Bot. 

 Mag., t. 5768) — A charming 

 hardy or half-hardy annual, 



native of Peru. The plant attains a height of eight to ten inches, 

 pinnatifid ; the flowers a light mauve colour. 



Catasetum longifolium, Long-leaved Catasetum (Gard. Chron., 1868, p. 

 1186). — Orchidacea?. A pretty orchid, lately re-introduced and flowered by Mr. W. 

 Saunders, with bright crimson and lake-coloured flowers. 



Ekanthemum Andersoni (Gard. Chron., 1869, p. 134). — Acanthacese. An 

 interesting, free-flowering little stove plant, introduced from Trinidad by Mr. Bull, 

 with prettily-spotted flowers in the way of E. albiflorum. Wrongly described at 

 page 1231 Gard. Chron., 1868, as elegans. 



Vanda insignis, The Remarkable Vanda (Gard. Chron., 1868, p. 1259). — 

 Orchidaceao. This magnificent orchid is the true Vanda insignis of Blume ; that 

 commonly known in gardens under that name being nothing more than a variety of 

 V. tricolor. The sepals and petals, which are reversed like those of V. sauvis, are 

 brownish yellow inside, witli rows of deep red spots, and whitish yellow outside ; 

 lip violet, with white column and spurs. Introduced by Messrs. Veitch and Sons 

 from the Malayan Archipelago. 



Pinus Tamrac (Gard. Chron., 1869, p. 191). — Pinaceas. A coniferous tree of 

 moderate growth and pyram'dal form, found plentifully in California. 



TACSOXIA ERIANTHA. 



The leaves are 



