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N'EW PLANTS. 



RICHINIUM MANGLESII, Mangles' s TncUnmm {L'lllust. Sort., t. 

 464).— Aiimrantaceffi. A beautiful perennial herbaceous plant, from 

 Swan River, introduced to cul- 



tivation by Mr. Thompson, of 

 The Itaves are oblong, spathulate, 

 dull green ; the flowers are 



TEICHINITIII MANGLESII. 



Ipswich, 

 smooth, and 



produced in brush-like spikes, of a lively 

 rosy purple colour, beset with a multitude 

 of long, snow-white haiis, and are exceed- 

 ingly attractive and remarkably elegant. 



Angeecum sesquifedale, Long-spurred 

 Angrecum {L'lllust. Sort., t. 475). — 

 Orchidece. An epiphytal orchid, of grand 

 dimensions both in growth and flower. It 

 forms a stout, upright stem, clothed with 

 oblong, enamelled, arching leaves ; the 

 flowers are produced singly, all the seg- 

 ments of nearly the same size ; the nectary 

 of extraordinary length, forming a caudal 

 appendage ; the whole ivory white, chang- 

 ing to creamy white. Tlie odour emitted 

 resemhks thatof tlie common white lily. 



POLTCHILOS CORNU-CEETI, StagS-hom 



Polgchilos {Bot. Mag., t. 5.570).— Orcliidaj. 



A rare and curious oichid, long since dis- 

 covered by Lobb, in Muulmein, but only 



lately introduced by Mr. Parish. It is an 



epiphyte, with the habit of Phalffinopsis • 



leaves a span long, cuneate, leathery • 



flowers on a clavate stem, six to twelve in number ; sepals expanded, fleshy; petals 



ratl'.er smaller, yellowish green, barred with 

 reddish brown ; lip whitish, unguiculate, 

 tripartite, the centre divisioncrescpnt-shpped. 

 Cymbidium Hookerianum, Dr. Sooker''s 

 Cgmhidium {£ot. Mag., t. 557i). — Orchidese. 

 This noble species grows wild in the Sikkim 

 Himalaya, where it is epiphytical. It has 

 strap-shaped leaves, one and a half to two 

 feet long ; the flowers are borne on stems 

 about tlie same length as the leaves, 

 but they nod from the point where the 

 flowers commence. Sepals and petals stel- 

 late, bright green, appearing as a calyx to 

 the tip, which is the only part colouied. 

 The tip is three-lobed, the middle lobe the 

 largest, the colour yellowish white, with 

 reddish purple spots. This plant is closely 

 related to C. giganteum, and is probably 

 only a variety of that species. 



Thibaudia cobonaria. Small-leaved 

 Thihaudia {Bot. Mag., t. 5575).— Vaccini- 

 aceffi. One of the many beautiful vacci- 

 naceous shrubs, introduced to Britain by 

 Mr. J. Bateman. It is ehgant in habit, 

 the branches clothed with small ovate, 

 shining, d^ep green leaves, and producing 



axillary flowers, which are tubular ; the calyx teeth yellowish green ; corolla 



bright coral red. 



POLTCnILOS COBKU-CEKVI. 



