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a native of various parts of the Cape of Good Hope colony, whence tlie plants lately- 

 flowered at Kew were sent by l\Ir. Cooper. It is a slender bright green greenhouse 

 creeper ; stems much branched, leaves (flattened branches) alternate, and, like 

 those o{ Utiscus, inserted in the axil of a minute scale; floweis solitary, or in pairs 

 or threes in tiie axils of the leaves, one-third of an inch long, pearly white or 

 greenish. '• "We have no hesitation in calling attention to it, as one of tlie most 

 elegant greenhouse climbers that can well be found ; nothing, indeed, can exceed 

 the feathery lightness of the plant when well-giown and flowered; and whether on 

 account of its graceful habit, its flowering in mid-winter, the uniformity of its 

 bright green foliage, and perfume of its pearly flowers, it is one of the plants best 

 suited for table decoration and ornamentation generally, hitherto introduced." 



LOBELIA NICOTIAK^POLIA, 



MTBSIPHTLLtrM ASPAEAGOIDBS. 



r Kleinia fulgens, Brilliant-flowered Eleinia (Bot. Mag., t. 5590).— Compo- 

 sitse. A himdsorne South Afiicnn "succulent" plant, sent from Natal by Mr. 

 Plant to the collection of W. W. Siiunders, Gr., F.E.S. with whom it flowered 

 in May last. It is Kifl'riitieose, two to three feet high, everywhere covered with a 

 glaucous bloom, leaves four to six inches long, obovate-oblong, bluntly senate j 

 flowering peduncles erect, one-flowered, florets bright vermilion- orange. 



^EENA^DES1A ROEusTA, Stout Femandesia {Bot. Mag., t. £592). - Orchideie. 

 This, the largest of the genus, was originally found in Guatemala, by Mr. Skinner^ 

 and has been more recently obtained from the same country by 0. Sulvin, Esq., who 

 sent some plants of it to Kew. It is nearly allied to the Brazilian F. liu,ijera, but 

 is larger in all its parts, has sharp-pointed, instead of blunt leaves, and is iurnished 

 with an hexagonal instead of heart-shaped callus on the disc of the lip. .It is easily 

 grown in any house where Cattleyas or Oncidiuras succeed. 



Sempekvivum Paiv^, Baron Pniva's Rovse-leek {Bot. Mag., t. 5593).— Cras- 

 sulacete. This hitherto-undesciibed species of house-leek was discovered in the 

 island of Gomeia, one of the Canary group, by the Rev. E. T. Lowe, M.A., F.L.S. 

 It forms a straggling t( rtuously-branched shrub, with a ihort stem and slender 

 curved and pmdant branches. Leaves highly glaucous, one to two and a-half 



