124 THE FLORIST. 



colour. The annexed drawing represents the natural size of M. 

 moreliana, which is considerably larger than any of the genus hitherto 

 known. In cultivation they should be potted in sphagnum well de- 

 composed, with plenty of potsherds; and, while growing, kept in a very 

 humid atmosphere, with the thermometer ranging from 70° to 85° ; 

 and when at rest, water very sparingly, and let the thermometer 

 range from 58° to 70°, always shading from the scorching rays of the 



Subjects figured in the Botanical Magazine for April. 



Gfsxera Seemanm. a very handsome copiously flowering stove plant, 

 approaching near to G. longifolia ; it grows about two feet high, and is densely 

 covered over with hairs; calyx shallow, cup-shaped, with five nearly regular 

 acute spreading lobes ; the colour of the corolla is a bright brick-red, a little^ 

 inclining to orange, with orange at the base. It is a native of Panama ; from 

 ■whence it was imported to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 



TuPA CRASSiCAULis. A soft-wooded suifruticose shrub, of an erect stiff 

 habit, and similar to a Siphocampylus. It is not of much beauty ; corolla is 

 yellowish or greenish red, at length quite red. It flowers in the greenhouse 

 during summer and autumn, and is supposed to be a native of Brazil. 



Pachira alba, a deciduous stove tree of but little beauty: it has large 

 flowers, which exhale a slight fragrance, and are produced in the spring, just 

 before the expansion of the new leaves ; calyx green, petals cream, white within, 

 outside brown-colour. It is a native of Brazil. These three are figured from 

 the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 



Anigozanthos tyrianthina. a very showy herbaceous plant, growing from 

 three to four feet high, having flowers of the richest Tynan purple. It was dis- 

 covered by Mr. Drummond, during his excursions in the interior to the south- 

 west of the Swan River settlement. The imported seeds are sown at Kew, but 

 have not yet germinated. 



Fuchsia bacillaris. A low deciduous shrub, rather pretty, much resembling 

 F. microphylla ; it is a very distinct species, with a calyx deep red, and petals 

 of a deep rose-colour. It flowers during the summer months, and is a native of 

 Mexico. Figured from Messrs. Veitch and Co., Nurserymen, Exeter. 



Rhodoleia Champion:. A very beautiful evergreen flowering tree, some- 

 what rivalling the Camellia. It is a native of Hong Kong in China; and it is 

 admitted by all there to be the handsomest of all flowering trees ; the flowers 

 are similar to those of a Camellia, and are two and a half inches in diameter, 

 with petals of a rose-colour. Imported seeds are sown at Kew, but have not 

 yet germinated. 



Coloured Illustrations in Paxton'^s Flower -Gar den for April. 



Ceanothus dentatds. a dwarf branching evergreen shrub, nearly hardy ; 

 its flowers are produced in terminal stalked roundish or oblong branches or 

 umbels, of a bright blue colour, bordering upon violet. It is a native of Cali- 

 fornia. Figured from her Majesty's Gardens at Frogmore. 



Abamia versicolor. This plant is noticed in the Florist and Garden Mis- 

 cellany^ at p. 15 of the present year, for which see the description there. 



Oncidium HiEMATOCHiLUM. A very beautiful species, somewhat resembling 

 O. lanceanum ; the leaves are hard and stiff, dull green, and spotted with brown ; 

 sepals and petals of a greenish yellow, blotched with a rich chestnut bro^vn ; 

 the lip is of the richest crimson, except near the base, where it fades into a 

 bright rose-colour. It is a native of New Grenada. Figured from Messrs. 

 Loddiges, Hackney. 



