NEW PLANTS. 



fALUMBINA CANDIDA (5o<. Jftr,^., t. 5546).— OrchidejB. A pretty 

 and interesting plant, originally flowered, some twenty years ago, by 

 the Messrs. Loddiges, when it was referred to OiicitUum by Liudley. 

 Professor Reichenbacb lias lately 



studied its characters, and being satis- 

 fied of its distinctness from Oncidium, 



has applied the generic name of Falum- 



hina. The plant is small, with narrow 



pseudo bulbs, each bearing a single linear 



or wedge-shaped leaf, six inches to a foot 



long. Racemes few-flowered, erect, slen- 

 der, flowers an inch across, of a firm tex- 

 ture, all but entirely white ; the lip has a 



few reddish spots, on a yellow ground, on 



the stigmatic surface at its base. In a 



moderate temperature it is easily grown, 



blooming in the summer months, and last- 

 ing long in beauty. 



Nastirtil'M Caxtonikxse {Journal of 



Botany, vol. iii. p. 378). — Brassicacece. 



An aquatic species, resembling N. hispi- 



dum, from which it differs in its nearly 



entire leaves, subglobose fruit, and much 



longer pedicels. 



Hypericum Sampsoxi {Journ. Bot., iii. 



378). — H_ypericace£B. Met with by Dr. 



Hance, on muddy river banks, near Canton. 



It is a remarkable and distinct species, 



with opposite oblong connate leaves, and 



yellow flowers, produced in bunches. 



Palafoxia IIooKEiiiAXA [Bot. Mag., 



t. 5549). — Compositai. A beautiful hardy palumbina candiua. 



berbaceous plant, sent by Dr. Parry from 

 New Mexico to the Royal Gardens, Kew; 

 also introduced to commerce by Mr. 

 Thompson, of Ipswich. It grows two to 

 four feet high, has alternate lanceolate 

 leave*, and bold corymbs of rosy purple 

 flowers. 



Sedum deymarioides {Journ. Bot., iii, 

 379). — Crassulacea;. A pretty and deli- 

 cate species, met with by Dr. Hance, in 

 damp hollows, of limestone rocks, in the 

 province of Kwangtung, Southern China. 

 The leaves are distant, fleshy, and spathu- 

 late ; the flowers are produced in terminal 

 cymes ; they are white, with purplish 

 anthers, and characterized by excessive 

 delicacy and tenuity of structure. 



Ophioxylon Chinense {Journ. Bot., iii. 

 380). — Apocynse. A new species of 

 " snakewood," discovered by Mr. Sampson 

 in Kwangtung, Southern China. It is a 

 shrub with smooth lanceolate leaves and 

 white flowers. 



Tbichopilia Tcjbialv.e {Bot. Mag,, 

 t. 5550). — Orchideaj. An unattractive 

 species from the volcanic Turialva, in Cen- 

 tral America. It was discovered by Mr. 

 Wendland, the grandson of the first of the 



ALAFPOXIA HOOKEBIANA. 



