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NEW PLANTS. 



P0LYCHIL03 COENTJ-CEBVI. 



[OLYCHILOS CORNU-CERVr, Stag' s-Tiorn FolycMlos {Bot. Mag., t. 

 5570). — OrcLidese. A scarce and interesting, thougli scarcely beautiful 

 orchid, introduced from Moiil- 

 mein in 1864, by the Rev. C. S. 



P. Parish. If grown in the Indian house, 



it flowers freely in the summer months, four 



or five flowers on a scape being of)en at the 



same time. It is an epiphyte, with the habit 



of Phalffinopsis, the leaves leathery and 



oblong, the sepals and petals nearly equal 



in length, yellowish-green barred with 



reddish brown ; lip small and whitish. 



Habbanthus fulgens, the Brilliant 



HabrantJms {L'lllust. Hort., t. 478).— 



Amaryllidacete. This fine species was in- 

 troduced by Messrs. Backhouse and Son, of 



York ; it has glaucous leaves, and produces 



an umbel of seven (or more) flowers, the 



segments of which are rather narrow, the 



colour scarlet, with a beautiful central star 



of six rays, of a pale yellow colour. It 



will thrive in a greenhouse, if grown in a 



rich, firm, loamy soil, and requires, when the 



growing season is over, a term of complete 



rest. 



Azalea Indica Reine des Pats-Bas 



{Vlllust. Sort., t. 479). — Ericacece. A 



beautiful variety, with medium-sized flowers, 



which are richly-spotted bright red on a 



blush ground. 



Dendrobium Dixanthtjm, Two-coloured JDeiidrobe {nilust. Hort., t. 480). — 



OrchidejE. A beautiful species, from Moul- 

 mein ; sepals and petals nearly the same 

 size ; the lip broadly elliptical, the colours 

 yellow and orange, with a few thin bars of 

 red on the lip. 



Ofbeck-IA rcbicunda, the Suhicund 

 Osheckia {Gard. Chron. 1866, p. 562).— 

 MelastomaceiE. A handsome undershrub, 

 native of Ceylon, introduced by Messrs. 

 Veitch. It is clothed with bristly hairs, 

 and has oblong ovate leaves. The flowers 

 are terminal, the calyx cup-shaped, corolla 

 two inches across, of five roundish deep 

 purple petals, anthers hright yellow. In. 

 appearance it resembles Pleroma, which is 

 a great recommendation of it to cultivators. 

 CoMPARETTiA cocciNEA, Bed-floivered 

 Comparettia {L'lllust. Mart., t. 472).— 

 Orchidese. A beautiful orchid, of small 

 growth, native of Brazil. It produces neat 

 elongated pseudo-bulbs, and neat lanceolate 

 leaves, deep green on the upper side and 

 purplish beneath. The flowers most ele- 

 gantly disposed in six to ten on a spike ; 

 the sepals small, and buff- coloured, the lip 

 largely developed, as a bi-clavate banner ; 



the colour lively red ; behind it a long spur, which gives the flower a very insect- 

 like aspect. 



COMPAEETTIA COCCINBA. 



