IsEW PLANTS. 



fAUHINIA TOMENTOSA, var. glabra (Bof. Mag., t. 5530). — Lop;u- 

 minosa;. A handsome stove shrub, from Bembe, in Benguela, also native 

 of Ceylon, Malabar, and Natal. 

 It is of slender habit, branches 



long and pendulous, leaves two-lobed, cor- 

 date at the base ; racemes few-flowered, 



the flowers pale yellow, with deep purple 



blotch at the base of the upper petal. 



Camellia Eoma Risorta (L'l/lusL 



Sort., t. 465).— A beautiful continental 



variety, the flowers large, globular, with 



broad, stout petals, richly mottled deep red, 



on a reddish pink ground. It is rose-like 



in character, and has a noble foliage. 



Gladiolus papilio, the biitferfly-Jlowered 



Gladiolus {Bat. Mag., t. 5565).— IridesB. 



A beautiful species, obtained from the Cape, 



through Mr. Arnot, of Colesberg, for the 



Koyal Gardens at Kew ; also met with b_y 



Mr. M. W. Saunders's collector, Cooper. 



It attains a height of three feet ; leaves 



sword-shaped ; spike a foot long, many- 

 flowered; flowers one to two indies apart, 



subcampanulate, expanding an inch and 



a half ; upper segments pale purple, with a 



faint dash of yellow; lower lobes with broad 



deep purple central band, beyond which is 



a band of gold, the margin pale purple. 

 Peristbophe lanceolaria, lance-leaved 



Perktrophe {Bat. Mag., t. 5566). — Acan- 



thacese. A beautiful herbaceous stove-plant, 



from Jloulmein, flowering in winter, and continuing in fall beauty for several weeks. 



It branches freely ; the leaves are three to 

 five inches long, oblong-lanceolate, panicles 

 terminal, terminated by three-flowered nar- 

 row heads ; corolla pale purple, with a 

 slender tube. 



Batemannia aRANDiFLOBA, large-floioer- 

 ed Batemannia {Bof. Mag., t. 5567). — 

 OrchideiE. A handsome plant, introduced 

 many years ago by Linden, from New 

 Granada, but still extremely rare. The 

 pseudo-bulbs are two or three inches long, 

 bearing two large lanceolate leathery leaves; 

 flower-scapes much shorter than the leaves, 

 three to five-flowered. Sepals sharp-pointed, 

 all the same size, olive, striped with reddish 

 brown. Petals rather smaller, similarly 

 coloured. Lip with n short claw, three- 

 lobed, fi'inged, white, with purple streaks, 

 and orange coloured calli at the base. 

 Though belonging to the class of ''cool 

 orchids," it requires more warmth than the 

 generality of such. The flowering season is 

 spring. 



DiFFENBACHiA oiGANTEA, gigantic JDiffen- 

 bachia {L'lllust. Sort., t. 470).— AracesE. 

 A stove herbaceous plant, native of Para, 

 Brazil. It is the largest known species of 

 the genus to which it belongs, and of stately and beautiful appearance. The leaf- 



BA0HINIA lOMENTOSA. 



GLADIOLUS PAPILIO. 



